Utah Code Title 34A. Utah Labor Code § 34A-2-107.3. Mental Health Protections for First Responders Workgroup

(a) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee;

(b) one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, and one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(c) three representatives of the workers' compensation insurance industry appointed by the chair, one of whom is a voting member of the employer side of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, as follows:

(d) one member representing the Division of Risk Management;

(e) four representatives of first responders appointed by the chair, one of whom is a voting member of the employee side of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council;

(f) one representative from the Utah League of Cities and Towns;

(g) one representative from the Utah Association of Counties;

(h) one representative from the Utah Association of Special Districts;

(i) the director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, or the director's designee;  and

(j) as appointed by the chair, one or more individuals with expertise in mental stress or occupational medicine to serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the workgroup.

(3)(a) A majority of the members of the workgroup constitutes a quorum.

(b) The action of a majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the workgroup.

(4)(a) The salary and expenses of each member of the workgroup who is a legislator shall be paid in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Legislative Compensation and Expenses.

(b) A member of the workgroup who is not a legislator may not receive compensation, benefits, per diem, or travel expenses for the member's service on the workgroup.

(a) the alleviation of barriers, including financial barriers, to mental health treatment for first responders inside and outside of the workers' compensation system;

(b) statutory requirements for compensability of mental stress claims from first responders under Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act;

(c) improving a first responder's accessibility to mental health treatment;  and

(d) any additional issue that the workgroup: