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Utah House advances bill to require 24/7 statewide mental‑health crisis line
Summary
House Bill 41 would require a statewide mental‑health crisis line to be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and staffed in consultation with the state division by trained clinical social workers; sponsors and many colleagues urged its passage Jan. 25, 2018.
The Utah House of Representatives on Jan. 25, 2018 took up House Bill 41, legislation the sponsor said would strengthen the state’s crisis‑response system by ensuring a single statewide mental‑health crisis line is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and staffed by trained clinicians.
Representative Lisonbee, the bill’s sponsor, told colleagues that a commission review found “approximately 20 crisis numbers” across the state and that “there was only 1 line that was answered 24/7/365 by licensed clinical social workers.” He said Utah receives more than 10,000 crisis calls annually and that the bill would…
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