House Passes Bill to Study First-Responder Mental Health Issues

The Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a workgroup to study first responders’ access to coverage for mental health issues. The House on Monday voted 54-16 to pass HB 209, by Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, which would create the Mental Health Protections for First Responders workgroup. Kwan amended the bill before Monday’s vote to call for the study group and removed language that would have declared the requirement to prove a mental health claim is legally and medically caused by employment is satisfied when the worker is a police officer, firefigh...