Source: Utah HB373 (2019) — SafeUT Crisis Line Statute

Summary

Enrolled bill HB373 (2019 General Session), which codifies the SafeUT Crisis Line at Utah Code 53B-17-1201 et seq., creates the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, and appropriates ongoing SafeUT Operations funding from the Education Fund.

Useful Claims

• HB373 renames the program the SafeUT Crisis Line and places it in Part 12, SafeUT Crisis Line (sections 53B-17-1201 through 53B-17-1204 and related provisions).
• 53B-17-1202 requires the University Neuropsychiatric Institute (statutory term for HMHI's predecessor name) to establish the crisis line for anonymous school safety reporting and crisis intervention, including suicide prevention, and to provide those services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• 53B-17-1203 creates the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, whose membership includes a representative of the Office of the Attorney General; the Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff support to the commission.
• 53B-17-1204 requires local education agency governing boards to inform students, parents, and school personnel about the SafeUT Crisis Line, and bars UNI from charging LEAs or the State Board of Education a fee for LEA use of the line.
• The bill's fiscal note appropriates $1,770,000 ongoing from the Education Fund to University of Utah - SafeUT Crisis Text and Tip Line - SafeUT Operations (line item SafeUT Operations).
• The bill text uses the predecessor name University Neuropsychiatric Institute, not "Huntsman Mental Health Institute."

Verbatim

"101 (2) provide the services described in Subsection (1) 24 hours a day, seven days a week;" — 53B-17-1202

"147 (7) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff support to the commission." — 53B-17-1203

"432 From Education Fund $1,770,000" — appropriation table

"434 SafeUT Operations $1,770,000" — appropriation table

Reliability Notes

Primary tier: enrolled Utah legislation. This is the load-bearing source for statutory authorization and appropriation; it does not by itself prove current-year funding levels or that every operational claim on SafeUT's marketing site is accurate.

Related Pages

• SafeUT