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

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Source Type:** government-record
**URL:** https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0373.htm
**Publisher:** Utah State Legislature
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/safeut-utah-code-hb373/2026-08-11-3439eb3cf3fa.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [SafeUT](safeut.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/safeut.md · https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0373.htm

## 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](safeut.md)