H.B. 242
LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL
6 Approved for Filing: A. Houston 6
6 01-19-23 2:40 PM 6
H.B. 242
1 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
2 AMENDMENTS
3 2023 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward
6 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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8LONG TITLE
9General Description:
10 This bill creates a consensus process related to the funding of services for persons with
11disabilities.
12Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 <defines terms;
15 <at certain times, requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the Office
16of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Division of Services for People with
17Disabilities (division) to estimate, for the next fiscal year:
18 Cthe number of high-priority individuals who will be on the division's waiting list
19for services; and
20 Cthe amount that would be required to provide services to the lesser of all
21high-priority individuals on the waiting list or 200 high-priority individuals; and
22 <at certain times, requires the base budget to include an appropriation to the
23Department of Health and Human Services equal to the amount estimated to
24provide services to certain high-priority individuals.
25Money Appropriated in this Bill:
26 None
27Other Special Clauses:
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28 None
29Utah Code Sections Affected:
30ENACTS:
31 62A-5-112, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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33Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
34 Section 1. Section 62A-5-112 is enacted to read:
35 62A-5-112. Consensus estimate -- Base budget appropriation.
36 (1) As used in this section:
37 (a) "Base budget" means the same as that term is defined in legislative rule.
38 (b) "Committee" means the Executive Appropriations Committee.
39 (c) "General Fund growth factor" means the same as that term is defined in Section
4026-18-405.5.
41 (d) "High-priority individual" means an eligible individual waiting for services from
42the division:
43 (i) who does not have a family caregiver to help take care of them;
44 (ii) who has been the victim of a documented incident of abuse, neglect, or
45exploitation; or
46 (iii) whose family is at immediate risk because any of the following documented
47behavioral issues occur weekly or more frequently:
48 (A) severe physical assaults;
49 (B) sexually inappropriate behavior; or
50 (C) sexually aggressive behavior.
51 (2) In a year in which the General Fund growth factor is greater than 100%:
52 (a) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, in cooperation with the Office of the
53Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the division, shall:
54 (i) estimate, for the next fiscal year, the number of high-priority individuals to whom
55the division will be unable to provide services using attrition funding described in Subsection
5662A-5-102(7)(b); and
57 (ii) estimate the amount that would be required to provide division services to the
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59 (A) the total number of high-priority individuals estimated under Subsection (2)(a); or
60 (B) 200 high-priority individuals; and
61 (b) the next fiscal year base budget shall include an appropriation to the Department of
62Health and Human Services in an amount equal to the estimate made under Subsection
63(2)(a)(ii).
64 (3) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall provide estimates required under
65Subsection (2)(a) to the committee before the committee's December meeting.