Utah House Bill 308: Telehealth Mental Health Pilot Program

The legislation was signed into law on March 15, 2018. It directs the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS) to launch a two-year telehealth mental health pilot project. The project will involve the state hospital, or one or more public schools. The goal is to determine how the state could best use telehealth mental health services to increase access to mental health services by public school students; increase the timeliness and effectiveness of mental health crisis intervention services for public school students; reduce the cost associated with providing mental health services to public school students; and increase access to . . .