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Utah health, human services agencies to merge next year

The move has caused consternation among some Utahns concerned that public health could lose stature if it doesn’t have its own agency

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Gov. Spencer Cox, shown in this March 11, 2021, file photo, signed legislation on Tuesday that orders the merger of the Utah departments of health and human services, to be completed by July 1, 2022. Some have questioned the wisdom of the change during a pandemic.