# Utah H.B. 199: Health Data Amendments Utah H.B. 199, Health Data Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Norman K Thurston (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-17 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB199-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 199 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Health Data Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-08 - Last action: 2026-03-17, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Norman K Thurston (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Substance Abuse, Health and Human Services, Mental Health, Legislative Operations, Sunsets and Repealers, Health Care Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services, Local Health Departments, Local Mental Health Authorities, Local Substance Abuse Authorities, Public Health - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (146 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Patients can stop identifiable health data use: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's health department must offer an opt-out system and clearly post instructions online. After you opt out, the department cannot share, analyze, or use your identifiable data, including data collected earlier. It must maintain a list of people who opt out; this requiremen… - Stronger privacy rules for patients' health data: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's health department must use privacy safeguards and encrypt identifiable data when stored and sent. It must use only necessary data and limit direct identifiers to quality checks, record links, breach notices, geographic work, and identity matching. Addresses and geograp… - Researchers face tighter health data safeguards: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, requests for potentially identifiable data must cover a set period or genuine research or statistical purposes. Requesters must show the data is needed and sign an agreement accepted by Utah's health department. Research disclosures also require review-board approval. Covered… - Utah keeps health claims tracking through 2036: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's health department must create an All Payer Claims Database for claims and costs. The law extends the Health Data Authority repeal date from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2036. Covered suppliers include insurers with at least 2,500 Utah enrollees; additional collection depen… - Health data users must pay fees: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's health department must establish fees for users of data collected under this framework. The fees help cover collection costs. The law sets no fee amount or rule for passing those costs to households. This requirement ends July 1, 2026. - Health authorities get limited data sharing: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah defines disclosure as communication outside its Division of Data, Systems, and Evaluation. Division staff and contractors are not outside recipients; this definition change ends July 1, 2026. Through July 1, 2036, the department may share identifiable data internally or… - Conflicting rules for provider payment reporting: mixed, low. The supplied provisions conflict about reimbursement reporting beginning May 6, 2026. One authorizes required reporting after plan adoption, where federal law permits, through July 1, 2036. It covers fee schedules, costs, contract terms, discounts, and actual payments, including consumer payments.… - New safeguards for health data requests: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's health department must publish plans before requesting the health data those plans cover. Plans must describe data needs, suppliers, costs, checks, uses, sharing, and steps to prevent identifying people again. Collection must serve listed health-system or public-health… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Norman K Thurston (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 70 | 1 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 3 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2026-03-17: Governor Signed - 2026-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-05: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-05: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-02-17: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-02-17: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-02-17: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-03: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-01-30: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-01-29: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-01-29: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-01-29: House/ substituted (House) - 2026-01-29: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-01-23: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-01-23: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2026-01-22: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-22: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation - 2026-01-21: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-08: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0199.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-01-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0199S01.pdf) - Amended 1/23/2026 11:01:847, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0199_2026-01-23_11-26-09.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-08: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0199.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0199.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0199S01.pdf) - [Amended 1/23/2026 11:01:847 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0199_2026-01-23_11-26-09.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0199.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB199-2026GS (as of 2026-10-19).