This bill enacts provisions relating to a state homeless services campus. This bill: - defines terms; - requires the coordinator for the Office of Homeless Services (coordinator), in cooperation with the Utah Homeless Services Board (board), to create a comprehensive plan for homeless services campus residents and the surrounding community that addresses:safety;transportation;use of the homeless services campus as an emergency shelter; the types of treatment and support services offered to residents;treatment and support service provider and staff requirements; andother certain services; - requires the coordinator, in cooperation with the board, to coordinate with certain public safety entities to receive incident reports created in response to certain services provided to the homeless services campus and the homeless services campus's residents, employees, or volunteers; - requires the homeless services ombudsman (ombudsman) to conduct an investigation of the homeless services campus under certain circumstances; - allows the ombudsman to make recommendations and assist the coordinator in creating a remediation plan if a homeless services campus is found in violation of law; - provides a certain time for the homeless services campus to cure a violation; - allows the ombudsman to recommend that the homeless services campus cease operations under certain circumstances; - provides that the Legislature may withhold homeless services campus funding in certain circumstances; - gives the ombudsman rulemaking authority to implement and carry out a homeless services campus investigation; - creates reporting requirements; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 35A-16-102, 35A-16-203, 35A-16-1002