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Senate approves substitute letting Valley Mental Health leave URS, sponsor says move will save 800 jobs
Summary
The Senate passed a first-substitute bill allowing Valley Mental Health to withdraw from the Utah Retirement Systems without state contribution, a change sponsors said would preserve roughly 800 jobs and the agency's services to about 25,000 clients; an amendment removed a twice‑annual reporting requirement.
Senator Weiler moved and explained the first-substitute Senate Bill 239 on the Senate floor, saying it would allow Valley Mental Health to withdraw from the Utah Retirement Systems (URS) without any state contribution and thereby preserve about 800 jobs and continued service to approximately 25,000 clients. "This is the Valley Mental Health bill that we substituted on the floor... require no contribution for the state to allow Valley Mental Health to withdraw from URS…
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