m May contact legislator directly in person

m Phone
m Email
m Letters

Contact information provided for all legislators on

website -le.utah.gov
m á. Idea is developed
d Many different organizations can bring ideas
d Best if early
d A good idea/suggestion has
× Credible information
× Personal stories
× Research to back it up
× Statistical data if available
× Provide a possible solution to the problem
m iids ages 5-8 should be in a booster seat as this
decreases serious injuries and deaths in car
crashes
m a. Idea is then submitted to Office of Legislative
Research and General Counsel
d ½onpartisan agency
d Attorney assigned to
× Review existing laws
× Research the issue
× Prepare bill in proper technical form
× Check for statutory or constitutional problems
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^á ^a The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall:
^i wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt;
^ii provide for the protection of each person younger than eight years of age by using a child restraint
device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the device; and
^iii provide for the protection of each person eight years of age up to á
years of age by securing, or
causing to be secured, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt on each person.
^b ½otwithstanding the requirement under Subsection ^á ^a ^ii , a child under eight years of age who
is 57 inches tall or taller:
^i is exempt from the requirement in Subsection ^á ^a ^ii to be in a child restraint device; and
^ii shall use a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt as required in Subsection ^á ^a ^iii .
^a A passenger who is á
years of age or older of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall wear
a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
^ If more than one person is not using a child restraint device or wearing a safety belt in violation of
Subsection ^á , it is only one offense and the driver may receive only one citation.
^ For a person á years of age or older who violates Subsection ^á ^a ^i or ^a , enforcement by a
state or local law enforcement officer shall be only as a secondary action when the person has been
detained for a suspected violation of Title á, Motor Vehicles, other than Subsection ^á ^a ^i or ^a , or for
another offense.
FISCAL ½OTE:
Title :
Sponsor:

Section a: State government

Revenues ^ for current and ayrs in the future

Local Governments:

Direct Expenditures by Utah Residents:

Lead Analyst:
m . First Reading -> assigned to subcommitee
m . Bill debated in open session within subcomittee
d Subcommittees to inow
× realth and ruman Services Subcommittee
× Transportation Subcommittee
d Contact staff policy analyst to be added to list of speakers
d Prepare information in advance
× ‰ritten and oral summary of presentation ^ oral approx á min
× Very formal ± see instructions on website if desired
× inow your audience ± Utah has a citizen legislature
d Dr. Pavia ± Immunizations for teenage mothers and their children
m 5. Second Reading
m
. Third Reading
G Voted on by rouse -> sent to Senate
m ras similar process in the Senate
m If Passes both rouse and Senate->
d Signed by Senate president and Speaker of the rouse in
final form
m Sent to Governor
d Sign
d Veto
d Allow into law without signing

m Bills go into law
d after being signed by

governor unless otherwise specified in the bill
m Car seat law took  years to pass
m ½ow trying to be repealed
m Utah realth Exchange
d Already in existence but needs work
× Subsidies
× Comparisons between companies
m Immunizations for teen mothers and children
m ieeping children from returning to play after head
injuries
m ‰hat if current program is being cut?
m Example: Social Services Appropriations
Subcommittee
d Covers Medicaid funding
m Appropriations Committees ^8 total
d Determine program effectiveness
d rear Public testimony
d rear from Staff analysts and program managers
d Debate and vote on budgets
m Subcommittee sends their decisions to executive
appropriations committee
m EAC then makes final decision and analyst makes
the final budget
m Total income for state determined by Legislative
fiscal analyst, governor, and tax commission
m Proposed 7% cuts across the board as this is
large portion of the state budget
d ½o more Medicaid interpreter services
d Limiting optional coverage of transplant surgeries
d Possible creation of Accountable Care Organization ±
similar to rMO with Medical rome centerpiece
d Privatizing eligibility systems for public programs
A bunch of people waiting in a lobby for the
legislator.
m Talk to ievin
m Short sound bites
m Careful phrasing
m Placing mental health drugs onto state's preferred
drug list
m Incentivizing citizen who witness Medicaid fraud to
come forward and help stop it
m Amend Medicaid to cover legal immigrant children
regardless of length of time in the USA
m realth Reform amendments
m www.le.utah.gov
m http://www.peo.gov.au/teachers/holp/holpá.html
m http://www.healthpolicyproject.org/
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-aá-a/jon-stewart-jizz-ams-in-
front-of-children---cap-n-trade