R523-2-4. Formula for the Annual Allocation of Funding to LMHAs and LSAAs

(1) Funds authorized by the Legislature for mental health services shall be allocated to LMHAs and LSAAs as described in Section 26B-5-107 and as follows: (a)(i) 5% of the total mental health funds shall be divided between the 24 smallest county LMHAs ranked by population as a rural differential; and (ii) the rural differential shall be allocated using the following methodology: (A) 35% shall be divided in equal amounts to the first through sixth smallest counties; (B) 30% shall be divided in equal amounts to the seventh through twelfth smallest counties; (C) 20% shall be divided in equal amounts to the thirteenth through the eighteenth smallest counties; and (D) 15% shall be divided in equal amounts to the nineteenth through the twenty-fourth smallest counties. (b) The division shall allocate the remaining mental health funds to the LMHAs on a per capita basis, using the most current population data available on the Utah Department of Health and Human Services Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health (IBIS-PH) website. (c) The funding formula may utilize a determination of need other than population if the division establishes by valid and acceptable data that other defined factors are relevant and reliable indicators of need. (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to the division for substance use disorder services shall be allocated using the following formula: (a)(i) 5% of the total substance use disorder services funds shall be divided between the 24 smallest county LMHAs ranked by population as a rural differential; and (ii) the rural differential shall be allocated using the following methodology: (A) 35% shall be divided in equal amounts to the first through sixth smallest counties; (B) 30% shall be divided in equal amounts to the seventh through twelfth smallest counties; (C) 20% shall be divided in equal amounts to the thirteenth through the eighteenth smallest counties; and (D) 15% shall be divided in equal amounts to the nineteenth through the twenty-fourth smallest counties. (b) 57% of the total substance use disorder services funds shall be allocated to each county based on the incidence and prevalence of substance use disorders using the following data: (i) the percent of adults estimated to be binge drinkers as reported by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); (ii) the percent of adults estimated to be chronic drinkers as reported by BRFSS; (iii) the percent of youth reporting alcohol use within the past 30 days by the most current Student Health and Risk Protection (SHARP) survey; (iv) the percent of youth estimated to be binge drinkers by the most current SHARP survey; and (v) the percent of youth needing drug treatment as reported by the most current SHARP survey. (c) 38% of the total substance use disorder services funds shall be allocated to LSAAs on a per capita basis, according to the most current population data available from the IBIS-PH.