Utah HB0070 amends correctional health services, focusing on electronic health records, substance use disorder treatment, and facility accreditation.

Utah HB0070 amends correctional health services by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to contract for a new electronic health record system for inmate care, based on recommendations from a working group. The bill also mandates that funds appropriated for unanticipated high-cost correctional health expenses are non-lapsing. Additionally, it requires the department to prepare and implement a plan for providing substance use disorder treatment to all inmates with a substance use disorder, in consultation with the Department of Corrections.

Utah HB0070 amends correctional health services, focusing on electronic health records, substance use disorder treatment, and facility accreditation.

Utah HB0070 amends correctional health services by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to contract for a new electronic health record system for inmate care, based on recommendations from a working group. The bill also mandates that funds appropriated for unanticipated high-cost correctional health expenses are non-lapsing. Additionally, it requires the department to prepare and implement a plan for providing substance use disorder treatment to all inmates with a substance use disorder, in consultation with the Department of Corrections.