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Audit urges better data sharing and coordination to narrow Utah behavioral health workforce gaps
Summary
A Legislative Audit Office review found fragmented data and coordination among state entities tracking behavioral health workforce shortages and recommended improved statewide data collection, defined goals and clearer reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services and the new Behavioral Health Commission concurred and pledged follow‑up.
Legislative auditors told the committee that Utah faces a substantial shortage of behavioral health providers and that state entities studying workforce supply lack consistent data and formal coordination to measure progress.
Leah Blevins and Mackenzie Cantlin presented the performance audit, saying multiple state bodies — including the Health Workforce Advisory Council, its information center and the Behavioral Health Commission — collect workforce information but that reporting is not yet aligned to measure statewide progress. “There’s definitely an opportunity to increase coordination, more formal reporting structure among these entities, and to improve data sharing and data collection as well,” Blevins said.
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