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Senate approves funding and programs for a 10‑year suicide‑prevention plan

Utah Senate · March 13, 2019
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Summary

The Senate passed a fourth substitute to fund the state's 10‑year suicide‑prevention plan, establish psychiatric consultation grants and a survivor reimbursement fund; sponsor said the original request (about $1.6M) was reduced to $600,000 to meet budget constraints.

Senators adopted a substituted version of House Bill 3 93 that funds elements of Utah’s 10‑year suicide‑prevention plan. Senator Ibsen (Ipsen) described components including a psychiatric consultation grant program to give primary‑care providers telehealth access to psychiatric consultation, a suicide‑prevention web video tied to…

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