Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-5-118. Collaborative care grant program

(a) “Applicant” means a small primary health care practice that applies for a grant under this section.

(b) “Care manager” means an individual who plans, directs, and coordinates health care services for a patient.

(c) “Collaborative care model” means a formal collaborative arrangement between a primary care physician, a mental health professional, and a care manager, to provide integrated physical and behavioral health services.

(d) “Mental health professional” means an individual licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 61, Psychologist Licensing Act, or a psychiatrist.

(e) “Physician” means an individual licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act.

(f) “Primary care physician” means a physician that provides health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, or geriatrics.

(g) “Program” means a program described in Subsection (2)(a).

(h) “Psychiatrist” means a physician who is board eligible for a psychiatry specialization recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists or the American Osteopathic Association's Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.

(i) “Small primary health care practice” means a medical practice of primary health care physicians that:

(2)(a) Before July 1, 2022, the division shall solicit applications from small primary health care practices for a grant to support or implement a program to provide integrated physical and behavioral health services under a collaborative care model.

(b) A grant under this section may be used to:

(c) The division shall approve at least one but not more than six applications each year.

(d) The division shall determine which applicants receive a grant under this section before December 31, 2022.

(a) identify the population to whom the applicant will provide services under a program;

(b) identify the small primary health care practice's current resources that are used to provide integrated physical and behavioral health services;

(c) explain how the population described in Subsection (3)(a) will benefit from the program;

(d) provide details regarding:

(e) provide other information requested by the division for the division to evaluate the application.

(a) the extent to which providing the grant to the applicant will fulfill the purpose of providing increased integrated physical and behavioral health services; and

(b) the extent to which the population described in Subsection (3)(a) is likely to benefit from the applicant receiving the grant.

(a) data gathered and knowledge gained in relation to providing grants to an applicant; and

(b) recommendations for how the state can better implement integrated physical and behavioral health services.