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Utah House circles bill creating Child Abuse Prevention Board after fiscal and oversight questions
Summary
Lawmakers debated HB 22 to convert the Children—s Trust account into a trust fund and create a board with an executive director to fundraise for child-abuse prevention; sponsors said $189,000 would fund staff while opponents worried about administrative costs and rural impacts. The House voted to "circle" the bill for further work on fiscal details.
Representative Paul Ray introduced House Bill 22 to convert the existing Children—s Trust account into a statutory trust fund and create a Utah Child Abuse Prevention Board with an executive director and staff to lead fundraising and distribute grants to local prevention programs. Ray said the bill would fund two full-time positions and related start-up costs (a $189,000 fiscal note) and move about $335,000 in current birth-certificate receipts into the new trust to support local programs.
Ray told colleagues that the board would be overseen by the state treasurer and would be able to solicit private contributions to expand prevention efforts. He defended…
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