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Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY With the Utah Legislature marking the midpoint of its annual 45-day session, the issue of regulating centers for troubled teens got a high-profile boost when celebrity Paris Hilton testified on Capitol Hill about her time spent in such a facility in Provo.
Sitting in front of a panel of Utah lawmakers on Monday, Hilton said she’s had the same nightmare for the past 20 years in which she’s “kidnapped in the middle of the night by two strangers, strip searched and locked in a facility.”
Hilton and other “survivors of the troubled-teen industry” gave chilling testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee in support of SB127, sponsored by Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork. The bill would require treatment centers to document instances of physical restraints and involuntary confinement and submit monthly reports to the Utah Office of Licensing. It wou
SALT LAKE CITY With the Utah Legislature marking the midpoint of its annual 45-day session, the issue of regulating centers for troubled teens got a high-profile boost when celebrity Paris Hilton testified on Capitol Hill about her time spent in such a facility in Provo.
Sitting in front of a panel of Utah lawmakers on Monday, Hilton said she s had the same nightmare for the past 20 years in which she s kidnapped in the middle of the night by two strangers, strip searched and locked in a facility.
Hilton and other survivors of the troubled-teen industry gave chilling testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee in support of SB127, sponsored by Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork. The bill would require treatment centers to document instances of physical restraints and involuntary confinement and submit monthly reports to the Utah Office of Licensing. It would also ban chemical sedation and mechanical restraints unless authorized.
SALT LAKE CITY One Utah lawmaker wants to provide first responder agencies throughout the state with $1 million to develop or enhance their mental health resources. We have seen an increase in mental health needs . but especially for our first responders, we have not seen the expansion in the kinds of programs that are specific to them, bill sponsor Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee on Monday.
HB248 would require the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to administer a grant program to provide mental health resources for first responders. The bill would include a one-time appropriation of $1 million from the general fund.
Police departments across our region are getting pounded with calls from people who are learning that scammers have used their names and social security numbers to collect unemployment benefits.