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Senate committee advances bill to formalize coordination between DEQ and local health departments
Summary
A Senate Health and Human Services committee unanimously advanced SB 172, a bill to formalize coordination and a cooperative-agreement requirement between the Department of Environmental Quality and Utah’s 13 local health departments.
A Senate Health and Human Services committee on an unspecified 2025 date unanimously advanced Senate Bill 172, a measure to formalize coordination between the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Utah’s 13 county-level local health departments.
Sponsor and local health department representatives told the committee the bill would create a policy framework modeled after the existing Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) arrangement to clarify roles, guide rulemaking, and direct resource allocation for environmental health services statewide. Jordan Mathis, representing the Association of Local Health Departments,…
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