State hospital may go private
Source: By Angie Welling, Deseret Morning News (UT), May 3, 2007
A handful of state lawmakers toured the Utah State Hospital Wednesday on the heels of a legislative proposal to shift responsibility for the nearly 400-bed mental institution to a private company.
......... Human Services Executive Director Lisa-Michele Church has frequently spoken out against privatization, cautioning lawmakers to go slowly on the matter....... Wednesday, Church said she can see only two reasons to privatize the hospital: to improve quality or reduce costs. The facility tour, she said, should show that the state is providing the highest quality care for patients.