Behavioral Health Receiving Center Grant Program.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Utah Human Services Code
4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act
5. Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
6. Behavioral Health Receiving Center Grant Program.

Affected by 63I-1-262 on 12/31/2023

Effective 5/12/2020
62A-15-118. Behavioral Health Receiving Center Grant Program.

• (1) As used in this section:
  • (a) "Behavioral health receiving center" means a 23-hour nonsecure program or facility that is responsible for, and provides mental health crisis services to, an individual experiencing a mental health crisis.
  • (b) "Project" means a behavioral health receiving center project described in Subsection (2)(a).

• (2)
  • (a)
    • (i) Before July 1, 2020, the division shall issue a request for proposals in accordance with this section to award a grant to one or more counties of the first or second class, as classified in Section 17-50-501, to, except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), develop and implement a behavioral health receiving center.
    • (ii) A grant awarded under Subsection (2)(a)(i) may not be used to purchase land for the behavioral health receiving center.
  • (b) The division shall award all grants under this section before December 31, 2020.

• (3) The purpose of a project is to:
  • (a) increase access to mental health crisis services for individuals in the state who are experiencing a mental health crisis; and
  • (b) reduce the number of individuals in the state who are incarcerated or in a hospital emergency room while experiencing a mental health crisis.

• (4) An application for a grant under this section shall:
  • (a) identify the population to which the behavioral health receiving center will provide mental health crisis services;
  • (b) identify the type of mental health crisis services the behavioral health receiving center will provide;
  • (c) explain how the population described in Subsection (4)(a) will benefit from the provision of mental health crisis services;
  • (d) provide details regarding:
    • (i) how the proposed project plans to provide mental health crisis services;
    • (ii) how the proposed project will ensure that consideration is given to the capacity of the behavioral health receiving center;
    • (iii) how the proposed project will ensure timely and effective provision of mental health crisis services;
    • (iv) the cost of the proposed project;
    • (v) any existing or planned contracts or partnerships between the applicant and other individuals or entities to develop and implement the proposed project;
    • (vi) any plan to use funding sources in addition to a grant under this section for the proposed project;
    • (vii) the sustainability of the proposed project; and
    • (viii) the methods the proposed project will use to:
      • (A) protect the privacy of each individual who receives mental health crisis services from the behavioral health receiving center;
      • (B) collect nonidentifying data relating to the proposed project; and
      • (C) provide transparency on the costs and operation of the proposed project; and
  • (e) provide other information requested by the division to ensure that the proposed project satisfies the criteria described in Subsection (5).

• (5) In evaluating an application for the grant, the division shall consider:
  • (a) the extent to which the proposed project will fulfill the purposes described in Subsection (3);
  • (b) the extent to which the population described in Subsection (4)(a) is likely to benefit from the proposed project;
  • (c) the cost of the proposed project;
  • (d) the extent to which any existing or planned contracts or partnerships between the applicant and other individuals or entities to develop and implement the project, or additional funding sources available to the applicant for the proposed project, are likely to benefit the proposed project; and
  • (e) the viability and innovation of the proposed project.

• (6) Before June 30, 2021, the division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
  • (a) each county awarded a grant under this section; and
  • (b) the details of each project.

• (7) Before June 30, 2023, the division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
  • (a) data gathered in relation to each project;
  • (b) knowledge gained relating to the provision of mental health crisis services in a behavioral health receiving center;
  • (c) recommendations for the future use of mental health crisis services in behavioral health receiving centers; and
  • (d) obstacles encountered in the provision of mental health crisis services in a behavioral health receiving center.

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