Utah Code 80-5-302. Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account

80-5-302. Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.

(1)	There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.”

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Account: means the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account created in Section 80-5-302. See Utah Code 80-5-102
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
Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. See Utah Code 80-1-102
Division: means the Division of Juvenile Justice Services created in Section 80-5-103. See Utah Code 80-5-102
Evidence-based: means a program or practice that has had multiple randomized control studies or a meta-analysis demonstrating that the program or practice is effective for a specific population or has been rated as effective by a standardized program evaluation tool. See Utah Code 80-1-102
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(2)	The account shall be funded by savings calculated from General Fund appropriations by the Division of Finance as described in Subsection (3).

(3)

At the end of the fiscal year, the Division of Finance shall:

(a)	use the formula established in Subsection 80-5-202(1)(c) to calculate the savings from General Fund appropriations; and

(b)	lapse the calculated savings into the account.

(4)

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may expend funds from the account:

(a)

for the statewide expansion of nonresidential community-based programs, including:

(i)	receiving centers;

(ii)	mobile crisis outreach teams;

(iii)

youth courts under 9; and

(iv)	victim-offender mediation under Section 80-6-304 and Subsection 80-6-710(6);

(b)	for nonresidential evidence-based programs and practices in cognitive, behavioral, and family therapy;

(c)

to implement:

(i)	nonresidential diagnostic assessment; and

(ii)	nonresidential early intervention programs, including family strengthening programs, family wraparound services, and truancy interventions; or

(d)	for infrastructure in nonresidential evidence-based juvenile justice programs, including staffing and transportation.

Amended by Chapter 155, 2022 General Session