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Senate adopts amended bill to create task force on mental-health services for foster and adopted children
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 33 after adopting an amendment that removed the words "entirely" and "capitated," broadening the task force's scope to study options for delivering mental-health services to foster and adopted children; the bill passed 28-1 and will be referred to the House.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 18 passed Senate Bill 33, creating a task force to study mental-health services for foster and adopted children, after adopting an amendment that removes two limiting words from the draft language.
Senator Davis, the bill's sponsor, said the task force would look at “human services and mental health services for foster and adopted children” and that the original language risked constraining the group to a single delivery model.
Senator Allen moved to delete the words “entirely” (line…
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