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Proposal to expand peer-support mental-health programs prompts debate over existing vendor models
Summary
Senators discussed SB 118, which would standardize peer-support programs across Utah’s public higher-education institutions and reallocate an existing $1.5 million appropriation; proponents praised broader access while some vendors and campuses warned reallocation could dismantle effective existing programs and scholarships.
Senate Bill 118, presented Feb. 12 in first-substitute form, would task the Utah Board of Higher Education with administering a peer-coaching mental-health grant across the state’s public institutions and reallocate an existing $1,500,000 appropriation from the 2022 session for that purpose.
Sponsor Senator Plumb said the change is intended to give every campus flexibility to adopt peer-coaching models that fit…
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