Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 77-16a-101 - DefinitionsAs 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 ,§ 2, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session ,§ 68, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 184, 2023 General Session ,§ 13, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 366, 2011, 2011 General Session.