Intermountain Health to open behavioral health center in Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Intermountain Children’s Health is expanding its behavioral health services with a new center in Taylorsville.

The new family-centered facility hopes to help the growing need for behavioral services for kids. The CEO of Primary Children’s Hospital Katy Welkie explained these services often have long wait times. 

“The exciting part of this new building is we get to expand all of those programs and shorten that length of time. And we’re building a crisis center,” Welkie said. 

People can now go directly to the walk-in crisis center instead of visiting the emergency department, which can leave families waiting days for help.

The $96 million dollar campus is already under construction in Taylorville. 

According to a press release, Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Center will be a 90,000-square-foot facility that will expand programming to include a nearly 50% increase in inpatient beds. 

This is also the state’s first dedicated behavioral health inpatient unit to provide mental health crisis care tailored for youth with autism and neuro-diverse needs. Families will be able to stay overnight and be actively engaged in the health care plan.

“I’m excited to share that we’ll be ready to open this new facility next year in late 2025,” said Welkie at a press conference on Monday morning. 

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