Superseded 1/1/2024)
Superseded 1/1/2024
26B-1-325. Governor’s Suicide Prevention Fund — Creation — Administration — Uses.
| (1) |
There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Governor’s Suicide Prevention Fund.” |
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-1-325
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
| (2) |
The fund shall consist of donations described in Section 41-1a-422, gifts, grants, and bequests of real property or personal property made to the fund. |
| (3) |
A donor to the fund may designate a specific purpose for the use of the donor’s donation, if the designated purpose is described in Subsection (4). |
| (4) |
| (a) |
Subject to Subsection (3), money in the fund shall be used for the following activities:
| (i) |
efforts to directly improve mental health crisis response; |
| (ii) |
efforts that directly reduce risk factors associated with suicide; and |
| (iii) |
efforts that directly enhance known protective factors associated with suicide reduction. |
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| (b) |
Efforts described in Subsections (4)(a)(ii) and (iii) include the components of the state suicide prevention program described in Subsection 26B-5-611(3). |
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| (5) |
The Office of Substance Use and Mental Health shall establish a grant application and review process for the expenditure of money from the fund. |
| (6) |
The grant application and review process shall describe:
| (a) |
requirements to complete a grant application; |
| (b) |
requirements to receive funding; |
| (c) |
criteria for the approval of a grant application; |
| (d) |
standards for evaluating the effectiveness of a project proposed in a grant application; and |
| (e) |
support offered by the office to complete a grant application. |
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| (7) |
The Office of Substance Use and Mental Health shall:
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review a grant application for completeness; |
| (b) |
make a recommendation to the governor or the governor’s designee regarding a grant application; |
| (c) |
send a grant application to the governor or the governor’s designee for evaluation and approval or rejection; |
| (d) |
inform a grant applicant of the governor or the governor’s designee’s determination regarding the grant application; and |
| (e) |
direct the fund administrator to release funding for grant applications approved by the governor or the governor’s designee. |
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| (9) |
Money in the fund may not be used for the Office of the Governor’s administrative expenses that are normally provided for by legislative appropriation. |
| (10) |
The governor or the governor’s designee may authorize the expenditure of fund money in accordance with this section. |
| (11) |
The governor shall make an annual report to the Legislature regarding the status of the fund, including a report on the contributions received, expenditures made, and programs and services funded. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session
