Enrolled Copy H.B. 108
1 MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2 2020 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Carol Spackman Moss
5 Senate Sponsor: Kathleen Riebe
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill permits an LEA to adopt separate schedules for employees who provide
10 certain education-related medical services in a school-based setting.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 < defines terms; and
14 < permits an LEA to adopt a separate salary schedule or separate salary schedules for
15 employees who provide certain education-related medical services in a school-based
16 setting.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 None
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 ENACTS:
23 53G-7-218, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 53G-7-218 is enacted to read:
27 53G-7-218. Medical specialists in public schools.
28 (1) As used in this section:
29 (a) "Qualified individual" means an individual who:
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30 (i) is employed by an LEA; and
31 (ii) provides related services in a school-based setting.
32 (b) "Qualified individual" includes:
33 (i) an audiologist;
34 (ii) a speech-language pathologist;
35 (iii) a mental health practitioner;
36 (iv) a nurse;
37 (v) an occupational therapist; and
38 (vi) a physical therapist.
39 (c) "Related services" means the same as that term is defined in 34 C.F.R. 300.34.
40 (2) An LEA may adopt a salary schedule, or salary schedules, for qualified individuals,
41 that:
42 (a) is separate from salary schedules adopted for other LEA employees; and
43 (b) takes into consideration the market rate for related services provided outside of a
44 school-based setting.
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