# Utah Code § 26B-7-111: Local health emergency assistance program

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_UT_T26B_S26B_7_111

## Section

- **Citation:** Utah Code § 26B-7-111
- **Heading:** Local health emergency assistance program
- **Jurisdiction:** Utah
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-7 / § 26B-7-111

## Text

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Local health department" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. (b) "Local health emergency" means an unusual event or series of events causing or resulting in a substantial risk or substantial potential risk to the health of a significant portion of the population within the boundary of a local health department, as determined by the local health department. (c) "Program" means the local health emergency assistance program that the department is required to establish under this section. (d) "Program fund" means money that the Legislature appropriates to the department for use in the program and other money otherwise made available for use in the program. (2) The department shall establish, to the extent of funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available to the program fund, a local health emergency assistance program. (3) Under the program, the department shall: (a) provide a method for a local health department to seek reimbursement from the program fund for local health department expenses incurred in responding to a local health emergency; (b) require matching funds from any local health department seeking reimbursement from the program fund; (c) establish a method for apportioning money in the program fund to multiple local health departments when the total amount of concurrent requests for reimbursement by multiple local health departments exceeds the balance in the program fund; and (d) establish by rule other provisions that the department considers necessary or advisable to implement the program. (4) (a) (i) Subject to Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the department shall use money in the program fund exclusively for purposes of the program. (ii) The department may use money in the program fund to cover its costs of administering the program. (b) Money that the Legislature appropriates to the program fund is nonlapsing in accordance with Section 63J-1-602.1. (c) Any interest earned on money in the program fund shall be deposited to the General Fund.

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