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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 22, 2008

Mr. Speaker:

    The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 479, HEALTH CARE PATIENT IDENTITY PROTECTIONS, by Representative S. Sandstrom, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 36 through 40 :    

             36          (2) A hospital:
             37          (a) may not refuse services to an individual on the basis that the individual did not
             38      provide identification when requested;
             39          (b) may not be penalized for failing to ask for identification;

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             40          (c) is not subject to a private right of action for failing to ask for identification
  ; and

    (d) must post a notice in the hospital emergency department that informs patients of their right to treatment for an emergency condition under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act  
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    Respectfully,

    DeMar "Bud" Bowman
    Committee Chair

Voting: 7-0-4
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