This bill addresses health coverage and resources for first responders. This bill: - defines terms; - changes the amount of revenue transferred to the Utah State Retirement Office from the insurance premiums tax and used to pay for certain firefighter retirement programs; - creates the Firefighter Cancer Benefit Trust Fund (trust fund); - creates a board of trustees; - establishes the duties of the board of trustees; - provides funding for the cancer screening program; - provides funding for the trust fund; - amends eligibility requirements for the Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Personnel Insurance Program; - requires the Department of Public Safety (department) to annually submit a report on first responder agencies' compliance with requirements to provide mental health resources to first responders and first responders' spouses to the:Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee; andState Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice's public safety portal; - amends eligibility for receiving mental health resources for separated first responders and separated first responders' spouses; - creates the Mental Health Resources for First Responders Restricted Account to provide funding for the department to provide certain mental health resources to eligible small first responder agencies; and - provides a sunset date for grants to first responder agencies.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 49-11-901.5, 59-9-101
Substitute #1: 49-11-901.5, 59-9-101
Substitute #2: 49-11-901.5, 53H-4-705, 59-9-101
Substitute #3: 49-11-901.5, 53H-4-705, 59-9-101
Substitute #4: 49-11-901.5, 53H-4-705, 59-9-101
Enrolled: 49-11-901.5, 53-21-101, 53-21-102, 53-21-104.1, 53-21-104.3, 53H-4-705, 59-9-101, 63I-1-253
Substitute #5: 49-11-901.5, 53-21-101, 53-21-102, 53-21-104.1, 53-21-104.3, 53H-4-705, 59-9-101, 63I-1-253