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Utah House passes mental‑health, transport and air‑quality measures; dozens of bills move forward
Summary
On Feb. 23, 2018, the Utah House passed multiple bills including HB99 (substance abuse and mental‑health amendments), HB322 (non‑emergency patient-transport safety) and HB101 (a three‑year diesel emissions testing pilot), plus a host of concurrence and retirement-related measures.
The Utah House of Representatives completed a busy morning floor session Feb. 23, passing a slate of bills on public health, transportation safety, retirement and air-quality testing and advancing numerous committee bills to the Senate.
Chief among the measures were House Bill 99, a package of substance‑abuse and mental‑health act amendments that the House concurred with Senate changes and passed unanimously; House Bill 322, which permits certain non‑emergency behavioral‑health transfers to be delayed until daylight under defined conditions to reduce transportation risks; and House Bill 101, a three‑year pilot requiring diesel emissions testing in PM2.5 nonattainment counties that passed after debate over local control.
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