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Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-1-507. Reporting to, and review by, legislative committees

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide, with only identifying information redacted, a copy of the report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1)(b), and the response described in Subsection 26B-1-506(2) to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel and the chairs of:

(a) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; or

(b) if the qualified individual who is the subject of the report is an individual described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7)(c), (d), or (h), the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel.

(2)(a) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee may, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection 26B-1-506(1)(b).

(b) The Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel shall, in a closed meeting, review a report described in Subsection (1)(b).

(3)(a) The Health and Human Services Interim Committee and the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel may not interfere with, or make recommendations regarding, the resolution of a particular case.

(b) The purpose of a review described in Subsection (2) is to assist a committee or panel described in Subsection (2) in determining whether to recommend a change in the law.

(c) Any recommendation, described in Subsection (3)(b), by a committee or panel for a change in the law shall be made in an open meeting.

(4) On or before September 1 of each year, the department shall provide an executive summary of all formal review reports for the preceding state fiscal year to:

(a) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel;

(b) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and

(c) the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel.

(5) The executive summary described in Subsection (4):

(a) may not include any names or identifying information;

(b) shall include:

(i) all recommendations regarding changes to the law that were made during the preceding fiscal year under Subsection 26B-1-505(6);

(ii) all changes made, or in the process of being made, to a law, rule, policy, or procedure in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year;

(iii) a description of the training that has been completed in response to a formal review that occurred during the preceding fiscal year;

(iv) statistics for the preceding fiscal year regarding:

(A) the number of qualified individuals and the type of deaths and near fatalities that are known to the department;

(B) the number of formal reviews conducted;

(C) the categories described in Subsection 26B-1-501(7) of qualified individuals;

(D) the gender, age, race, and other significant categories of qualified individuals; and

(E) the number of fatalities of qualified individuals known to the department that are identified as suicides; and

(v) action taken by the Division of Licensing and Background Checks in response to the near fatality or the death of a qualified individual; and

(c) is a public document.

(6) The Division of Child and Family Services shall, to the extent required by the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 93-247, as amended, allow public disclosure of the findings or information relating to a case of child abuse or neglect that results in a child fatality or a near fatality.

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