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House eliminates UPOP sunset, extends psychotropic oversight to more children in state custody
Summary
Representative Eliason’s floor presentation led the House to pass a substitute strengthening the Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program, removing its sunset and extending parity in Medicaid behavioral-health benefits to additional children in state custody; vote recorded 68-0.
Representative Steve Eliason presented first substitute House Bill 38 to continue and expand the Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program (UPOP), saying the program reduced psychotropic prescribing for foster children by about 20 percent and should be continued and broadened.
Eliason said the substitute removes a sunset date for the oversight program and brings roughly 400 additional children in…
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