Rep. Daneya Esgar

Criminal mental health programs - extension - report - appropriation. In 2018, the general assembly established the mental health criminal justice diversion pilot program (pilot program) and the mental health criminal justice grant program (grant program). The act extends the grant program an additional year and removes the cap on the total of all grants awarded per year. The act also requires the state court administrator to provide reports to specified committees of the general assembly concerning both the pilot program and the grant program. The act appropriates $442,543 to the judicial department for the grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Prescribing health care practitioners - electronic prescribing of controlled substances - exceptions. The act requires health care practitioners with prescribing authority to prescribe schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances only via a prescription that is electronically transmitted to a pharmacy unless a specified exception applies. The requirement to electronically prescribe starts on July 1, 2021, for podiatrists, physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and optometrists, and on July 1, 2023, for dentists and practitioners serving rural communities or in a solo practice. Prescribing practitioners are required to indicate on license renewal questionnaires whether they have complied with the electronic prescribing requirement. Pharmacists need not verify the applicability of an exception to electronic prescribing when they receive an order for a controlled substance in writing, orally, or via facsimile transmission and may fill the order if otherwise valid under the law. Specifies that certain sections take effect only if HB 19-1172 becomes law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Severance tax operational fund - distribution - core departmental programs - natural resources and energy grant programs - reserve requirement - cap - transfer to the severance tax perpetual base fund. The act makes the following changes related to the distribution of the money in the severance tax operational fund (operational fund): Defines programs for the department of natural resources that are funded from the operational fund and that were known as "tier-one programs" as "core departmental programs"; Defines transfers that are made after the core departmental programs and a reserve requirement are funded and were known as "tier-two programs" as "transfers to the natural resources and energy grant programs"; Separates an existing reserve into 2 separate reserves, the core reserve and the grant program reserve, while maintaining the overall purpose of each reserve; Establishes a cap on the grant program reserve equal to the maximum transfers to the natural resources and energy grant programs required by law; Requires the state treasurer to make the transfers to the natural resources and energy grant programs on August 15 after a fiscal year and to base the transfers on actual revenue as opposed to estimated revenue; Permits money from the grant program reserve to be used for the transfers to the natural resources and energy grant programs; and If all of the appropriations and transfers have been made and both reserves are full, then requires the state treasurer to transfer any money remaining in the operational fund to the severance tax perpetual base fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

School finance - mid-year adjustment to state share of total program funding - appropriation. The general assembly recognizes that the actual funded pupil count and the actual at-risk pupil count for the 2018-19 budget year are lower than anticipated when the appropriation amount was established during the 2018 legislative session. In addition, local property tax and specific ownership tax receipts are more than anticipated, increasing the local share of total program funding. The act declares the general assembly's intent to reduce state share of total program funding to maintain the dollar amount of the budget stabilization factor established during the 2018 legislative session. The act adjusts the amount of total program funding specified in statute to reflect this intent. The act makes an appropriation to the department of education to correct errors in the calculation and distribution of at-risk funding to the state charter school institute in 2 previous budget years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Public utilities commission - railroads - freight trains - number of crew members required - exemptions - definitions - fines. The act requires a common carrier engaged in the transportation of property by railroad to have at least 2 crew members aboard a railroad train or light engine operated in connection with carrying freight while the railroad train or light engine is moving. A violation of the requirement is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $250 to $1,000 for a first offense, $1,000 to $5,000 for a second offense committed within 3 years, or $5,000 to $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense committed within 3 years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Supplemental appropriation - department of corrections. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Supplemental appropriation - department of health care policy and financing. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased and the reappropriated funds portion is decreased, resulting in an overall increase for the department. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The cash funds and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased. Restrictions on funds for the department in the 2017-18 fiscal year for the payment of overexpenditures of line item appropriations are released in accordance with section 24-75-109 (4)(a). (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Supplemental appropriation - judicial department. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the judicial department. The general fund, cash funds, and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Supplemental appropriation - department of personnel. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of personnel. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased and the reappropriated funds portion is decreased, resulting on an overall decrease to the department.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Supplemental appropriations - capital construction. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to clarify a line item capital construction appropriation to the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and state planning and budgeting. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More