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Up until 2019, the agency regulating Utah’s massive youth treatment industry rarely cited facilities for violating rules – even after cases of abuse. After a 2016 incident left a teenager with a concussion, state regulators listened to his mom’s complaint – and then did nothing about it.
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The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, May 5, 2021.
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The Office of Licensing is crafting new rules after legislators passed a bill that brings more state oversight for the first time in 15 years.
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox joined lawmakers and activists to celebrate the passage of a new law providing new restrictions on youth residential treatment centers in Utah.
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The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, March 24, 2021.
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Sorenson’s Ranch School must retrain its staff and abide by state rules or close.
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Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday signed a bill that will put more regulations in place at youth residential treatment centers.
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Last week, The Salt Lake Tribune and KUER released a database of documents that show how the teen treatment industry is regulated in Utah. It contains the past five years worth of inspection reports for every youth residential treatment center in the state. The Salt Lake Tribune's Jessica Miller spearheaded the project. She sat down with KUER’s David Fuchs to talk about what her analysis of those inspection reports has revealed so far.
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The teen treatment industry is bigger in Utah than anywhere else in the country. KUER and The Salt Lake Tribune released a database Thursday containing the past five years-worth of inspection reports and confirmed investigations for every residential teen treatment program currently operating in the state.
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The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, March 3, 2021.
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This would be the first time Utah legislators have put more oversight in place on the industry in 15 years.
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Universal Health Services has been awarded more than $143,000 in federal funding to offer telehealth services to rural Utah. The company received the grant despite allegations of widespread abuse at Provo Canyon School, one of several youth treatment facilities it owns in the state.