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H.B. 552: Behavioral Health Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill addresses provisions related to behavioral health.

  • Changes the entity that administers and reports on the Governor's Suicide Prevention Fund from the governor to the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health (office)
  • Creates a community-based peer support specialist grant program
  • Amends provisions related to individuals eligible for admission to the Utah State Hospital
  • Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to maintain a database of involuntary commitments
  • Provides that the office appoints the statewide suicide prevention coordinat
  • Amends the duties of the Behavioral Health Commission (commission), including to add certain duties that were previously assigned to the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Committee
  • Changes the name of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Committee to the Utah Behavioral Health Policy Review Committee and amends the committee's duties and other related provisions
  • Requires the commission's Legislative Policy Committee to form a working group to investigate and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding a statewide central authority for coordinating behavioral health initiatives
  • Creates a family outreach specialist within the department to: engage with the family of an individual who has recently died by suicide or overdose; and assist the medical examiner with suicide intervention, and postvention
  • Makes changes to responsibilities related to the Underage Drinking Prevention Media and Education Campaign Restricted Account
  • Amends the duties and membership of the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Committee
  • Defines terms
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Health and Human Services · Health Care · Mental Health · Legislative Operations · Legislative Committees and Task Forces · Legislative Organization · Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health · Utah State Hospital

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 552, dated February 20, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation could increase Medicaid revenue to the state by $276,000, ongoing in FY 2027 from Federal Fund revenues derived from reimbursements from Medicaid for spending on eligible services.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Health and Human Services $17,993,500 from the General Fund, $276,000 from Federal Funds, and $12,000 from the Medicaid ACA fund, all in in FY 2027, all ongoing, for various mental and behavioral health programs across Health and Human Services including Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams, Psychiatric care training, a family outreach specialist and operational…
  • Local government: Local governments could be eligible to access funds from the grant and support programs proposed and funded in this legislation.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Steve Eliason

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.