Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Consultation Program Account.
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(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Consultation Program Account."
(2) The division shall administer the account in accordance with this part.
(3) The account shall consist of:
(a) money appropriated to the account by the Legislature; and
(b) interest earned on money in the account.
(4) Upon appropriation, the division shall award grants from the account to:
(a) at least one health care facility to implement a program that provides a primary care provider access to a telehealth psychiatric consultation when the primary care provider is evaluating a patient for or providing a patient mental health treatment; and
(b) at least one child mental health care facility to implement a program that provides access to an early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation to:
(i) a mental health therapist when the mental health therapist is evaluating a child for or providing a child mental health treatment; or
(ii) a child care provider when the child care provider is providing child care to a child.
(5) The division may award and distribute grant money to a health care facility or child mental health care facility only if the health care facility or child mental health care facility:
(a) is located in the state; and
(b) submits an application in accordance with Subsection (6).
(6) An application for a grant under this section shall include:
(a) the number of psychiatrists employed by the health care facility or the number of child mental health therapists employed by the child mental health care facility;
(b) the health care facility's or child mental health care facility's plan to implement the telehealth psychiatric consultation program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program described in Subsection (4);
(c) the estimated cost to implement the telehealth psychiatric consultation program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program described in Subsection (4);
(d) any plan to use one or more funding sources in addition to a grant under this section to implement the telehealth psychiatric consultation program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program described in Subsection (4);
(e) the amount of grant money requested to fund the telehealth psychiatric consultation program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program described in Subsection (4); and
(f) any existing or planned contract or partnership between the health care facility and another person to implement the telehealth psychiatric consultation program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program described in Subsection (4).
(7) A health care facility or child mental health care facility that receives grant money under this section shall file a report with the division before October 1 of each year that details for the immediately preceding calendar year:
(a) the type and effectiveness of each service provided in the telehealth psychiatric program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program;
(b) the utilization of the telehealth psychiatric program or the early childhood psychotherapeutic telehealth consultation program based on metrics or categories determined by the division;
(c) the total amount expended from the grant money; and
(d) the intended use for grant money that has not been expended.
(8) Before November 30 of each year, the division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding:
(a) the status of the account and expenditures made from the account; and
(b) a summary of any report provided to the division under Subsection (7).