With Utah governor’s suicide task force urging action, lawmakers back two prevention bills

A bill requiring Utah doctors to regularly attend suicide prevention training — to spot vulnerable patients and refer them for help — received broad backing from lawmakers and moved forward this week in the Utah House.So did a separate measure that would expand the number of mental-health crisis response teams around Utah; require school districts to adopt youth suicide prevention programs; and give the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner authority to gather a broad array of data so