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A bill that regulates so-called "troubled teen" facilities in Utah has cleared the legislature.

The Utah House gave final legislative approval to SB127 on Tuesday night, less than a month after Paris Hilton came to Utah’s Capitol Hill to give emotional and graphic testimony about the state’s "troubled teen" treatment centers.

The Utah Legislature has approved a bill backed by Paris Hilton to enact more regulations on the state's \

| Updated: 6:51 p.m. Passage of the bill comes after celebrity Paris Hilton gave emotional testimony during a committee hearing earlier this session that detailed the abuse and mistreatment she says she endured while at a youth residential treatment center in Utah. If signed by the governor, this would be the first time Utah legislators have put more oversight in place on the nearly 100 youth residential treatment centers in 15 years. Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Highland, said Tuesday that the proposal was an “essential bill” to add “some guardrails and some oversight that, frankly, has been...

The bill was given final approval by the Utah House on Tuesday, just weeks after Hilton broke down in tears as she told lawmakers about abuse she allegedly suffered at Provo Canyon School.