(1) As used in this section: (a) "Psychiatry resident" means a medical resident practicing in any type of psychiatry specialty or subspecialty, as determined by the university. (b) "University" means the University of Utah Health Sciences. (2) (a) Subject to legislative appropriations, the university shall annually select up to four more first- year psychiatry residents than the number of first-year psychiatry residents the university selected for the 2018-19 academic year. (b) Subject to legislative appropriations, the university shall annually select up to two more first- year psychiatry residents than the number of first-year psychiatry residents the university selected for the 2019-2020 academic year. (c) Nothing in this section prohibits the university from using money from a source other than legislative appropriations to select more than the total number of psychiatry residents described in Subsection (2)(a) or (b). (d) The university may not use money appropriated for the purposes described in this Subsection (2) to supplant existing money used for psychiatry residents. (3) (a) Subject to legislative appropriations, the university shall award a grant to produce a certification in child and adolescent behavioral health primary care for primary care physicians and medical professionals, school counselors, social workers, and other professionals who work with children and adolescents. (b) The university shall ensure that the amount of the grant awarded under Subsection (3)(a) is matched, at a minimum, by private gifts, grants, and bequests of personal property made to the grant. (4) Beginning with the 2013-14 school year and subject to Subsection (5), the University of Utah School of Medicine may increase the number of students admitted by 40 students for a total of 122 students admitted annually. (5) No fewer than 82% of the students admitted annually shall: (a) meet the qualifications of a resident student for the purpose of tuition in accordance with: (i) Section 53H-11-202; (ii) board policy on determining resident status; and (iii) University of Utah policy on determining resident status; (b) have graduated from a public or private postsecondary educational institution located in Utah; or (c) have graduated from a public or private high school located in Utah. (6) The University of Utah School of Medicine shall ensure that any licensed physicians who oversee fellowship training to specialize in pain treatment are recommending medical providers, as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the University of Utah School of Medicine may, to teach a medical student from another state or an institution outside the state, enter into an agreement with: (a) a state entity from the other state; or (b) the institution of higher education outside the state. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8, 2025 Special Session 1
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