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Effective 5/4/2022
53-21-102. Mental health services — Requirement to provide — Confidentiality.

  • (1) Every first responder agency within the state shall provide or make available mental health resources to:
    • (a) all first responders;
    • (b) the spouse and children of first responders;
    • (c) surviving spouses of first responders whose death is classified as a line-of-duty death under Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act; and
    • (d) first responders who have retired from the agency.
  • (2) All access by first responders and their families to mental health resources shall be kept confidential.

Enacted by Chapter 114, 2022 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of enacted Chapter also enacted in HB 65, Chapter 120.