Effective 7/1/2023

26B-1-327.  Survivors of Suicide Loss Account.

(1)  As used in this section:

Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-1-327 v2

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a) 

(i)  “Cohabitant” means an individual who lives with another individual.

(ii)  “Cohabitant” does not include a relative.

(b)  “Relative” means father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandson, granddaughter, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.

(2)  Upon appropriation, the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health shall award grants from the appropriation to a person who provides, for no or minimal cost:

(a)  clean-up of property affected or damaged by an individual’s suicide, as reimbursement for the costs incurred for the clean-up; and

(b)  bereavement services to a relative, legal guardian, or cohabitant of an individual who dies by suicide.

(3)  Before November 30 of each year, the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding expenditures made in accordance with this section.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 534, 2023 General Session