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House OKs two‑year telehealth mental‑health pilot for schools, 66‑0
Utah House of Representatives · February 22, 2018
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Summary
Lawmakers approved a two‑year telehealth pilot connecting scarce mental‑health providers to urban and rural schools to improve access, with sponsor and supporters citing classroom disruptions and rural provider shortages.
The Utah House unanimously passed first substitute House Bill 308, a two‑year telehealth mental‑health pilot program aimed at expanding access to behavioral health services in K‑12 schools, by a recorded vote of 66‑0.
Representative Ivory, sponsor of the bill, framed the pilot as a response to an…
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