How COVID-19 impacted legislative action on health care laws this year
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Hope Clinic physician assistant Matt Pierce, left, examines patient Luis Hualinga at the clinic in Midvale on Jan. 6, 2021. After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Utah legislative leaders this session took measures to allow more mental health and medical providers to respond to the health care shortage.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Utah legislative leaders this session took measures to allow more mental health and medical providers to respond to the health care shortage.
Residents’ emotional distress level has increased during the pandemic due to various situational and life stressors including concern about job loss, physical health and social isolation. Many also need to “wear multiple hats” as their kids’ schools moved to remote learning, according to Rachel Lucynski, a director with Huntsman Mental Health Institute cris