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House approves HB 86 to clarify DHS investigative roles and codify limited fatality review access
Summary
HB 86 requires related‑party child‑abuse investigations be performed by outside contractors and sets processes for legislative review of certain fatality reviews; sponsor said the change resolves statutory ambiguity and the bill passed 74–0.
The Utah House passed House Bill 86 unanimously on Feb. 1 after sponsor Representative Rebecca Lockhart told the chamber the bill resolves statutory ambiguity about who must conduct related‑party child abuse and neglect investigations and formalizes limited legislative access to fatality reviews.
Lockhart said committee review found confusion in the statute about whether an outside…
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