77-16a-101. Definitions.
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Effective 5/1/2024
77-16a-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)"Board" means the Board of Pardons and Parole established under Section 77-27-2 .
(2)"Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.
(3)"Executive director" means the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(4)"Forensic evaluator" means a licensed mental health professional who is:
(a)not involved in the defendant's treatment; and
(b)trained and qualified to conduct a guilty with a mental condition evaluation.
(5)"Mental condition" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305 .
(6)"Mental disability" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305 .
(7)"Mental health facility" means the Utah State Hospital or other facility that provides mental health services under contract with the division, a local mental health authority, or organization that contracts with a local mental health authority.
(8)"Mental health supervision" includes regular and periodic activities including:
(a)the review of a defendant's assessment, diagnostic formulation, individual service plan development, and progress toward completion of care;
(b)identification of barriers to a defendant's care, assistance in removing barriers to a defendant's care, continuation of services to a defendant, authorization of care for a defendant, and the observation of the delivery of clinical care to a defendant; and
(c)the provision of an update report to a court as required under Subsection 77-16a-103 (5)(g).
(9)"Mental illness" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-305 .
(10)"Offender with a mental condition" means an individual who has been adjudicated guilty with a mental condition.
(11)"Secure setting" means a jail, prison, or locked inpatient medical facility approved by the department.
(12)"UDC" means the Department of Corrections.
Amended by Chapter 177 , 2024 General Session