# Utah H.B. 417: Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements Utah H.B. 417, Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Sahara Hayes (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-03-18 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB417-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 417 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-28 - Last action: 2026-03-18, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Sahara Hayes (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Health Insurance, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Health Care Facilities, Health Care Professionals, Department of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (147 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Patients gain nonmedical transfer options: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah facilities must let eligible patients travel between health facilities without an ambulance. These rides provide no medical services or trained medical staff and include family rides or public transit. Patients can ask the facility or provider to check their eligibility.… - Timely transfers protect patients' beds and bills: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, patients using eligible nonmedical transfers get bed and billing protections when they arrive on time. The limit is four hours when the originating facility is in a fourth-, fifth-, or sixth-class Utah county. It is two hours for all other originating facilities. The receivin… - Patients face limits on transport lawsuits: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, originating facilities and providers are protected from civil lawsuits for acts or omissions when allowing nonmedical transfers. This protection applies only when the patient's medical or mental condition at discharge did not require an ambulance. It limits patients' ability… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sahara Hayes (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Keith Grover (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 71 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (34) - 2026-03-18: Governor Signed - 2026-03-11: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-11: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-03: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-03: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-03: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-03: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-02-27: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-02-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-19: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-17: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ floor amendment (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-05: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2026-02-04: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-04: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation - 2026-02-03: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-02: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-29: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-29: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-28: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0417.pdf) - Amended 2/17/2026 11:02:121, 2026-02-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0417_2026-02-17_11-56-33.pdf) - Amended 2/5/2026 11:02:167, 2026-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0417_2026-02-05_11-02-17.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-28: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0417.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0417.pdf) - [Amended 2/17/2026 11:02:121 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0417_2026-02-17_11-56-33.pdf) - [Amended 2/5/2026 11:02:167 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0417_2026-02-05_11-02-17.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0417.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [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-HB417-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).