Utah Code 63G-6a-2503. Direct purchase procurement process requirements — Payment information on website
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(1) The department may, without issuing a solicitation, directly purchase from, or contract with, another person for the following human services procurement items:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-2503
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Utah Code 63G-6a-2501
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Procurement: means the acquisition of a procurement item through an expenditure of public funds, or an agreement to expend public funds, including an acquisition through a public-private partnership. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Solicitation: means an invitation for bids, request for proposals, or request for statement of qualifications. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
(1)(a) medical, dental, behavioral, psychological, psychiatric, or substance use evaluation and treatment for an individual;
(1)(b) assistance payments on behalf of an individual that are intended to keep the individual out of a higher level of care or prevent or reduce the need for additional department services;
(1)(c) services for which the individual receiving the services has the right to choose the person who provides the services;
(1)(d) services for which the department makes a written determination, made available to the public, that the individual’s need to receive services from a particular provider outweigh the public interest in issuing a competitive procurement;
(1)(e) adoption subsidy and maintenance payments;
(1)(f) child placing services for an individual adoption;
(1)(g) death investigation services; or
(1)(h) residential treatment services for an individual after all providers under contract from a competitive procurement are exhausted.
(2) The department shall:
(2)(a) maintain a written record of the name of all persons who provide services under this section; and
(2)(b) annually publish on the department’s website the total amount paid to each person under this section during the immediately preceding five-year period.