Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 26B-5-112.5 - Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Grant Program(1) As used in this section, "committee" means the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Committee established in Section 63C-18-202.(2) The committee shall provide recommendations and the division shall award grants for the development of up to five mobile crisis outreach teams.(3) A mobile crisis outreach team that is awarded a grant under Subsection (2) shall provide mental health crisis services 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and every day of the year.(4) The division shall prioritize the award of a grant described in Subsection (2) to entities based on:(a) the outstanding need for crisis outreach services within the area the proposed mobile crisis outreach team will serve; and(b) the capacity for implementation of the proposed mobile crisis outreach team in accordance with the division's established standards and requirements for mobile crisis outreach teams.(5)(a) In consultation with the committee, the division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for the application and award of the grants described in Subsection (2).(b)(i) The rules created under Subsection (5)(a) shall implement a funding structure for a mobile crisis outreach team developed using a grant awarded under this section.(ii) The funding structure described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall provide for tiers and phases of shared funding coverage between the state and counties.Amended by Chapter 245, 2024 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/1/2024.Added by Chapter 270, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 3/15/2023, technically renumbered.