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Utah House advances a package of bills on health, child welfare and public safety
Summary
On Jan. 22, 2008 the Utah House passed multiple bills on third reading, including measures to revise the state digital-health commission, expand expedited parent-time mediation, criminalize knowingly owning vehicles with concealed contraband compartments, and change child-welfare procedures tied to the Adam Walsh Act. All passed bills were referred to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives cleared a series of bills on Jan. 22 as members debated amendments and technical fixes and then sent the measures to the Senate for further consideration.
Among the measures approved, the House passed a substituted version of House Bill 24, amendments to the Utah Digital Health Service Commission Act, which restores the body as a commission and aligns it with the Department of Health. The chamber also advanced House Bill 22, which expands an expedited parent-time mediation pilot into a statewide program and carries a fiscal note of approximately $275,000 plus ongoing costs to fund an FTE, drop-off/pick-up locations, educational classes and indigent…
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