As used in this chapter: (1) "Assisted outpatient treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-301. (2) "Crisis worker" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610. (3) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. (4) "Division" means the Division of Integrated Healthcare within the department. (5) "First responder" means: (a) a law enforcement officer, as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103; (b) emergency medical service personnel, as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101; (c) an emergency medical technician, as that term is defined in Section 53-2e-101; (d) an advanced emergency medical technician, as that term is defined in Section 53-2e-101; (e) a firefighter, as that term is defined in Section 53H-11-306; (f) a dispatcher, as that term is defined in Section 53-6-102; or (g) a mobile outreach social worker. (6) "Local mental health crisis line" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610. (7) "Mental health therapist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102. (8) "Public funds": (a) means: (i) federal money received from the department; (ii) state money appropriated by the Legislature to the department, a county governing body, or a local substance abuse authority for the purposes of providing substance abuse programs or services; and (iii) state money appropriated by the Legislature to the department, a county governing body, or a local mental health authority for the purposes of providing mental health programs or services; and (b) includes federal and state money described in Subsection (8)(a): (i) even after the money has been transferred by: (A) a local substance abuse authority to a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide comprehensive substance abuse programs or services for the local substance abuse authority; or (B) a local mental health authority to a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide comprehensive mental health programs or services for the local mental health authority; and (ii) while in the possession of the private provider. (9) "Statewide mental health crisis line" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-5-610. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1
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