53-27-102. Invisible condition alert program -- Access to information -- Outreach -- Administrative rulemaking.

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Effective 7/1/2023

(1)If an individual or an individual's authorized guardian elects to disclose the individual's invisible condition to the individual's local law enforcement agency in accordance with the invisible condition alert program, the department shall provide the individual or the individual's authorized guardian with:

(a)a form that contains the information described in Subsection 53-3-207(4) or 53-3-805(5) ; and

(b)instructions on how the individual or the individual's authorized guardian may submit the form described in Subsection (1)(a) to the individual's local law enforcement agency.

(2)Upon receipt of a completed form described in Subsection (1)(a) , a local law enforcement agency shall enter information into the law enforcement agency's record management system or computer-aided dispatch system regarding the individual's election to disclose the individual's invisible condition, including the individual's:

(a)name;

(b)residence; and

(c)invisible condition as reported by the individual and verified by the individual's health care professional.

(3)A local law enforcement agency shall ensure that the information described in Subsection

(2)is readily available to a dispatcher when the dispatcher receives a report concerning the name or the address of an individual with an invisible condition who has been entered into the local law enforcement agency's record management system or computer-aided dispatch system.

(a)Within 30 days after the day on which a local law enforcement agency receives an individual's or an individual's authorized guardian's written request, the local law enforcement agency shall remove the information regarding the individual's invisible condition from the local law enforcement agency's record management system or computer-aided dispatch system.

(b)If a local law enforcement agency becomes aware that the individual described in Subsection

(2)has permanently moved from the individual's residence described in Subsection

(2), the local law enforcement agency may remove the information regarding the individual's invisible condition from the local law enforcement agency's record management system or computer-aided dispatch system.

(5)The department shall prepare outreach materials concerning the invisible condition alert program in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services as described in Section 26B-7-120 .

(6)The department may, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act , make rules to establish procedures for implementing this section.

Enacted by Chapter 456 , 2023 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted Chapter also in HB 61, Chapter 383, and HB 297, Chapter 158.