Section 26B-4-312 - Process and criteria for awarding primary care grants(1) The department shall review and rank applications based on the criteria in this section and transmit the applications to the committee for review.(2) The committee shall, after reviewing the applications transferred to the committee under Subsection (1), make recommendations to the executive director.(3) The executive director shall, in accordance with the committee's recommendations, decide which applications to award grants under Subsection 26B-4-310(1).(4) The department shall establish rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, governing the application form, the process, and the criteria the department will use in reviewing, ranking, and awarding grants and contracts under this part.(5) When reviewing, ranking, and awarding a primary care grant under Subsection 26B-4-310(1), the department shall consider the extent to which an applicant: (a) demonstrates that the area or a population group the applicant will serve under the application has a shortage of primary health care and that the primary health care will be located so that it provides assistance to the greatest number of individuals in the population group;(b) utilizes other sources of funding, including private funding, to provide primary health care;(c) demonstrates the ability and expertise to serve a medically underserved population;(d) agrees to submit a report to the committee annually; and(e) meets other criteria determined by the department in consultation with the committee.(6) The department may use up to 5% of the funds appropriated by the Legislature to the primary care grant program to pay the costs of administering the program.Renumbered from §26-10b-104 and amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session ,§ 112, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 384, 2014 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/13/2014.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 340, 2010 General Session