Is 1 better than 2? Advocates have questions as Utah merges departments of health, human services
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But supporters say it will streamline services for those most in need.
HB365 would start the process to join the two agencies into a Department of Health and Human Services in July 2022. The agencies would form a merger plan to present to the Legislature by December.
Bill sponsor Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, said the move is needed because there s a lot of redundancy in the way we do things here. We feel that the best way to be more efficient and effective as we deliver services to the public is to combine these two agencies together and try to break down the silos and get the communication going so people aren t going to two, three, four different places to get services, Ray told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday.
Proponents of the merger say it will improve efficiency and information-sharing.
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Utah Health Director Richard Saunders, pictured in this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, supports the planned merger of his department with the agency over human services in the state. The proposal is advancing in the Legislature and has the support of Gov. Spencer Cox.
| Feb. 25, 2021, 9:45 p.m.
An attempt to combine two major state agencies the departments of health and human services is progressing through the Legislature with support from Utah’s new governor.
“We feel the best way to be more efficient and effective as we deliver services to the public is to combine these two agencies together and try to break down those silos and get communication going,” said Rep. Paul Ray, who’s sponsoring legislation to set this merger in motion. “So that people aren’t going to two, three, four different places to get services.”