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House approves mental‑health amendment creating donation fund to help high‑acuity patients
Summary
Second substitute Senate Bill 89 creates a Mental Health Donation Fund overseen by the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to help high‑acuity patients access treatment; sponsor said the bill requests no state funds and passed the House 68–0.
The House passed the second substitute to Senate Bill 89, which sponsors said aims to get high‑acuity mental‑health patients into treatment by creating a Mental Health Donation Fund overseen by the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.
Representative Arrant said Utah has consolidated crisis‑response resources (including a single hotline and the SafeUT app) and that SB 89 is intended to address the small number of high‑acuity cases that otherwise have no sustained follow‑up. The fund does not request state appropriation; sponsors said interested groups intend to fundraise and the division will work to connect patients with treatment options and, where possible, to qualify them for Medicaid.
Representative Arrant waived summation and the House approved the bill 68–0. The measure was to be signed by the Speaker Pro Tem and returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
Next steps: SB 89 proceeds to the Senate for final action.
