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ABORTION CLINIC LICENSING

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Carl Wimmer

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Senate Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions of the Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act in
             10      relation to abortion clinics.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    requires annual licensing for abortion clinics that provide abortions during the first
             15      and second trimesters of pregnancy;
             16          .    grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Health (department) in relation to
             17      licensing of abortion clinics;
             18          .    requires, in order for an abortion clinic to obtain and maintain a license, that the
             19      abortion clinic comply with statutory requirements, rules, health and safety
             20      standards, and recordkeeping requirements;
             21          .    requires inspection of abortion clinics;
             22          .    requires the department to establish a fee on abortion clinics to pay for the costs
             23      relating to this bill;
             24          .    modifies exemptions from the Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act;
             25          .    in order to assist the department in fulfilling the requirements of this bill, requires
             26      the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing to provide the department
             27      with the name and address of each physician who reports that they perform elective
             28      abortions in Utah in a location other than a hospital;
             29          .    provides that the information described in the preceding paragraph is a protected


             30      record;
             31          .    provides intent language; and
             32          .    makes technical changes.
             33      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             34          None
             35      Other Special Clauses:
             36          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.
             37      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             38      AMENDS:
             39          26-21-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 31
             40          26-21-7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 141
             41          26-21-8, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 155
             42          58-67-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 94
             43          58-68-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 94
             44          63G-2-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 6, 113, and 247
             45      ENACTS:
             46          26-21-6.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             47      Uncodified Material Affected:
             48      ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
             49     
             50      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             51          Section 1. Section 26-21-2 is amended to read:
             52           26-21-2. Definitions.
             53          As used in this chapter:
             54          [(1) "Abortion clinic" means a facility, other than a general acute or specialty hospital,
             55      that performs abortions and provides abortion services during the second trimester of
             56      pregnancy.]
             57          (1) "Abortion clinic" means a type I abortion clinic or a type II abortion clinic.


             58          (2) "Activities of daily living" means essential activities including:
             59          (a) dressing;
             60          (b) eating;
             61          (c) grooming;
             62          (d) bathing;
             63          (e) toileting;
             64          (f) ambulation;
             65          (g) transferring; and
             66          (h) self-administration of medication.
             67          (3) "Ambulatory surgical facility" means a freestanding facility, which provides
             68      surgical services to patients not requiring hospitalization.
             69          (4) "Assistance with activities of daily living" means providing of or arranging for the
             70      provision of assistance with activities of daily living.
             71          (5) (a) "Assisted living facility" means:
             72          (i) a type I assisted living facility, which is a residential facility that provides assistance
             73      with activities of daily living and social care to two or more residents who:
             74          (A) require protected living arrangements; and
             75          (B) are capable of achieving mobility sufficient to exit the facility without the
             76      assistance of another person; and
             77          (ii) a type II assisted living facility, which is a residential facility with a home-like
             78      setting that provides an array of coordinated supportive personal and health care services
             79      available 24 hours per day to residents who have been assessed under department rule to need
             80      any of these services.
             81          (b) Each resident in a type I or type II assisted living facility shall have a service plan
             82      based on the assessment, which may include:
             83          (i) specified services of intermittent nursing care;
             84          (ii) administration of medication; and
             85          (iii) support services promoting residents' independence and self sufficiency.


             86          (6) "Birthing center" means a freestanding facility, receiving maternal clients and
             87      providing care during pregnancy, delivery, and immediately after delivery.
             88          (7) "Committee" means the Health Facility Committee created in Section 26-1-7 .
             89          (8) "Consumer" means any person not primarily engaged in the provision of health care
             90      to individuals or in the administration of facilities or institutions in which such care is provided
             91      and who does not hold a fiduciary position, or have a fiduciary interest in any entity involved in
             92      the provision of health care, and does not receive, either directly or through his spouse, more
             93      than 1/10 of his gross income from any entity or activity relating to health care.
             94          (9) "End stage renal disease facility" means a facility which furnishes staff-assisted
             95      kidney dialysis services, self-dialysis services, or home-dialysis services on an outpatient basis.
             96          (10) "Freestanding" means existing independently or physically separated from another
             97      health care facility by fire walls and doors and administrated by separate staff with separate
             98      records.
             99          (11) "General acute hospital" means a facility which provides diagnostic, therapeutic,
             100      and rehabilitative services to both inpatients and outpatients by or under the supervision of
             101      physicians.
             102          (12) "Governmental unit" means the state, or any county, municipality, or other
             103      political subdivision or any department, division, board, or agency of the state, a county,
             104      municipality, or other political subdivision.
             105          (13) (a) "Health care facility" means general acute hospitals, specialty hospitals, home
             106      health agencies, hospices, nursing care facilities, residential-assisted living facilities, birthing
             107      centers, ambulatory surgical facilities, small health care facilities, abortion clinics, facilities
             108      owned or operated by health maintenance organizations, end stage renal disease facilities, and
             109      any other health care facility which the committee designates by rule.
             110          (b) "Health care facility" does not include the offices of private physicians or dentists,
             111      whether for individual or group practice, except that it does include an abortion clinic.
             112          (14) "Health maintenance organization" means an organization, organized under the
             113      laws of any state which:


             114          (a) is a qualified health maintenance organization under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300e-9; or
             115          (b) (i) provides or otherwise makes available to enrolled participants at least the
             116      following basic health care services: usual physician services, hospitalization, laboratory, x-ray,
             117      emergency, and preventive services and out-of-area coverage;
             118          (ii) is compensated, except for copayments, for the provision of the basic health
             119      services listed in Subsection (14)(b)(i) to enrolled participants by a payment which is paid on a
             120      periodic basis without regard to the date the health services are provided and which is fixed
             121      without regard to the frequency, extent, or kind of health services actually provided; and
             122          (iii) provides physicians' services primarily directly through physicians who are either
             123      employees or partners of such organizations, or through arrangements with individual
             124      physicians or one or more groups of physicians organized on a group practice or individual
             125      practice basis.
             126          (15) (a) "Home health agency" means an agency, organization, or facility or a
             127      subdivision of an agency, organization, or facility which employs two or more direct care staff
             128      persons who provide licensed nursing services, therapeutic services of physical therapy, speech
             129      therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services, or home health aide services on a
             130      visiting basis.
             131          (b) "Home health agency" does not mean an individual who provides services under
             132      the authority of a private license.
             133          (16) "Hospice" means a program of care for the terminally ill and their families which
             134      occurs in a home or in a health care facility and which provides medical, palliative,
             135      psychological, spiritual, and supportive care and treatment.
             136          (17) "Nursing care facility" means a health care facility, other than a general acute or
             137      specialty hospital, constructed, licensed, and operated to provide patient living
             138      accommodations, 24-hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient services:
             139          (a) a selection of patient care services, under the direction and supervision of a
             140      registered nurse, ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing, psychological, or other
             141      professional therapies to intermittent health-related or paraprofessional personal care services;


             142          (b) a structured, supportive social living environment based on a professionally
             143      designed and supervised treatment plan, oriented to the individual's habilitation or
             144      rehabilitation needs; or
             145          (c) a supervised living environment that provides support, training, or assistance with
             146      individual activities of daily living.
             147          (18) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company,
             148      association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor thereof.
             149          (19) "Resident" means a person 21 years of age or older who:
             150          (a) as a result of physical or mental limitations or age requires or requests services
             151      provided in an assisted living facility; and
             152          (b) does not require intensive medical or nursing services as provided in a hospital or
             153      nursing care facility.
             154          (20) "Small health care facility" means a four to 16 bed facility that provides licensed
             155      health care programs and services to residents.
             156          (21) "Specialty hospital" means a facility which provides specialized diagnostic,
             157      therapeutic, or rehabilitative services in the recognized specialty or specialties for which the
             158      hospital is licensed.
             159          (22) "Substantial compliance" means in a department survey of a licensee, the
             160      department determines there is an absence of deficiencies which would harm the physical
             161      health, mental health, safety, or welfare of patients or residents of a licensee.
             162          (23) "Type I abortion clinic" means a facility, including a physician's office, but not
             163      including a general acute or specialty hospital, that:
             164          (a) performs abortions, as defined in Section 76-7-301 , during the first trimester of
             165      pregnancy; and
             166          (b) does not perform abortions, as defined in Section 76-7-301 , after the first trimester
             167      of pregnancy.
             168          (24) "Type II abortion clinic" means a facility, including a physician's office, but not
             169      including a general acute or specialty hospital, that:


             170          (a) performs abortions, as defined in Section 76-7-301 , after the first trimester of
             171      pregnancy; or
             172          (b) performs abortions, as defined in Section 76-7-301 , during the first trimester of
             173      pregnancy and after the first trimester of pregnancy.
             174          Section 2. Section 26-21-6.5 is enacted to read:
             175          26-21-6.5. Licensing of an abortion clinic -- Rulemaking authority -- Fee.
             176          (1) Beginning on April 1, 2012, a type I abortion clinic may not operate in the state
             177      without a license issued by the department to operate a type I abortion clinic.
             178          (2) A type II abortion clinic may not operate in the state without a license issued by the
             179      department to operate a type II abortion clinic.
             180          (3) (a) The department shall make rules establishing minimum health, safety, sanitary,
             181      and recordkeeping requirements for:
             182          (i) a type I abortion clinic; and
             183          (ii) a type II abortion clinic.
             184          (b) The rules established under Subsection (3)(a) shall take effect on April 1, 2012.
             185          (4) Beginning on April 1, 2012, in order to receive and maintain a license described in
             186      this section, an abortion clinic shall:
             187          (a) apply for a license on a form prescribed by the department;
             188          (b) satisfy and maintain the minimum health, safety, sanitary, and recordkeeping
             189      requirements established under Subsection (3)(a) that relate to the type of abortion clinic
             190      licensed;
             191          (c) comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of Subsection
             192      76-7-305.6 (4) and Section 76-7-313 ;
             193          (d) comply with the requirements of Title 76, Chapter 7, Part 3, Abortion;
             194          (e) pay the annual licensing fee; and
             195          (f) cooperate with inspections conducted by the department.
             196          (5) Beginning on April 1, 2012, the department shall, at least twice per year, inspect
             197      each abortion clinic in the state to ensure that the abortion clinic is complying with all statutory


             198      and licensing requirements relating to the abortion clinic. At least one of the inspections shall
             199      be made without providing notice to the abortion clinic.
             200          (6) Beginning on April 1, 2012, the department shall charge an annual license fee, set
             201      by the department in accordance with the procedures described in Section 63J-1-504 , to an
             202      abortion clinic in an amount that will pay for the cost of the licensing requirements described in
             203      this section and the cost of inspecting abortion clinics.
             204          (7) The department shall deposit the licensing fees described in this section in the
             205      General Fund as a dedicated credit to be used solely to pay for the cost of the licensing
             206      requirements described in this section and the cost of inspecting abortion clinics.
             207          Section 3. Section 26-21-7 is amended to read:
             208           26-21-7. Exempt facilities.
             209          This chapter does not apply to:
             210          (1) a dispensary or first aid facility maintained by any commercial or industrial plant,
             211      educational institution, or convent;
             212          (2) a health care facility owned or operated by an agency of the United States;
             213          (3) the office of a physician or dentist whether it is an individual or group practice,
             214      except that it does apply to an abortion clinic;
             215          (4) a health care facility established or operated by any recognized church or
             216      denomination for the practice of religious tenets administered by mental or spiritual means
             217      without the use of drugs, whether gratuitously or for compensation, if it complies with statutes
             218      and rules on environmental protection and life safety;
             219          (5) any health care facility owned or operated by the Department of Corrections,
             220      created in Section 64-13-2 ; and
             221          (6) a residential facility providing 24-hour care:
             222          (a) that does not employ direct care staff;
             223          (b) in which the residents of the facility contract with a licensed hospice agency to
             224      receive end-of-life medical care; and
             225          (c) that meets other requirements for an exemption as designated by administrative


             226      rule.
             227          Section 4. Section 26-21-8 is amended to read:
             228           26-21-8. License required -- Not assignable or transferable -- Posting --
             229      Expiration and renewal -- Time for compliance by operating facilities.
             230          (1) (a) A person or governmental unit acting severally or jointly with any other person
             231      or governmental unit, may not establish, conduct, or maintain a health care facility in this state
             232      without receiving a license from the department as provided by this chapter and the rules of the
             233      committee.
             234          (b) This Subsection (1) does not apply to facilities that are exempt under Section
             235      26-21-7 .
             236          (2) A license issued under this chapter is not assignable or transferable.
             237          (3) The current license shall at all times be posted in each health care facility in a place
             238      readily visible and accessible to the public.
             239          (4) (a) The department may issue a license for a period of time not to exceed 12
             240      months from the date of issuance for an abortion clinic and not to exceed 24 months from the
             241      date of issuance [to] for other health care facilities that meet the provisions of this chapter and
             242      department rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
             243          (b) Each license expires at midnight on the day designated on the license as the
             244      expiration date, unless previously revoked by the department.
             245          (c) The license shall be renewed upon completion of the application requirements,
             246      unless the department finds the health care facility has not complied with the provisions of this
             247      chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
             248          (5) A license may be issued under this section only for the operation of a specific
             249      facility at a specific site by a specific person.
             250          (6) Any health care facility in operation at the time of adoption of any applicable rules
             251      as provided under this chapter shall be given a reasonable time for compliance as determined
             252      by the committee.
             253          Section 5. Section 58-67-304 is amended to read:


             254           58-67-304. License renewal requirements.
             255          (1) As a condition precedent for license renewal, each licensee shall, during each
             256      two-year licensure cycle or other cycle defined by division rule:
             257          (a) complete qualified continuing professional education requirements in accordance
             258      with the number of hours and standards defined by division rule made in collaboration with the
             259      board;
             260          (b) appoint a contact person for access to medical records and an alternate contact
             261      person for access to medical records in accordance with Subsection 58-67-302 (1)(j); and
             262          (c) if the licensee practices medicine in a location with no other persons licensed under
             263      this chapter, provide some method of notice to the licensee's patients of the identity and
             264      location of the contact person and alternate contact person for the licensee.
             265          (2) If a renewal period is extended or shortened under Section 58-67-303 , the
             266      continuing education hours required for license renewal under this section are increased or
             267      decreased proportionally.
             268          (3) An application to renew a license under this chapter shall:
             269          (a) require a physician to answer the following question: "Do you perform elective
             270      abortions in Utah in a location other than a hospital?"; and
             271          (b) immediately following the question, contain the following statement: "For purposes
             272      of the immediately preceding question, elective abortion means an abortion other than one of
             273      the following: removal of a dead fetus, removal of an ectopic pregnancy, an abortion that is
             274      necessary to avert the death of a woman, an abortion that is necessary to avert a serious risk of
             275      substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of a woman, an abortion of a
             276      fetus that has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal, or an abortion where
             277      the woman is pregnant as a result of rape or incest."
             278          (4) In order to assist the Department of Health in fulfilling its responsibilities relating
             279      to the licensing of an abortion clinic, if a physician responds positively to the question
             280      described in Subsection (3)(a), the division shall, within 30 days after the day on which it
             281      renews the physician's license under this chapter, inform the Department of Health in writing:


             282          (a) of the name and business address of the physician; and
             283          (b) that the physician responded positively to the question described in Subsection
             284      (3)(a).
             285          Section 6. Section 58-68-304 is amended to read:
             286           58-68-304. License renewal requirements.
             287          (1) As a condition precedent for license renewal, each licensee shall, during each
             288      two-year licensure cycle or other cycle defined by division rule:
             289          (a) complete qualified continuing professional education requirements in accordance
             290      with the number of hours and standards defined by division rule in collaboration with the
             291      board;
             292          (b) appoint a contact person for access to medical records and an alternate contact
             293      person for access to medical records in accordance with Subsection 58-68-302 (1)(j); and
             294          (c) if the licensee practices osteopathic medicine in a location with no other persons
             295      licensed under this chapter, provide some method of notice to the licensee's patients of the
             296      identity and location of the contact person and alternate contact person for access to medical
             297      records for the licensee in accordance with Subsection 58-68-302 (1)(k).
             298          (2) If a renewal period is extended or shortened under Section 58-68-303 , the
             299      continuing education hours required for license renewal under this section are increased or
             300      decreased proportionally.
             301          (3) An application to renew a license under this chapter shall:
             302          (a) require a physician to answer the following question: "Do you perform elective
             303      abortions in Utah in a location other than a hospital?"; and
             304          (b) immediately following the question, contain the following statement: "For purposes
             305      of the immediately preceding question, elective abortion means an abortion other than one of
             306      the following: removal of a dead fetus, removal of an ectopic pregnancy, an abortion that is
             307      necessary to avert the death of a woman, an abortion that is necessary to avert a serious risk of
             308      substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of a woman, an abortion of a
             309      fetus that has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal, or an abortion where


             310      the woman is pregnant as a result of rape or incest."
             311          (4) In order to assist the Department of Health in fulfilling its responsibilities relating
             312      to the licensing of an abortion clinic, if a physician responds positively to the question
             313      described in Subsection (3)(a), the division shall, within 30 days after the day on which it
             314      renews the physician's license under this chapter, inform the Department of Health in writing:
             315          (a) of the name and business address of the physician; and
             316          (b) that the physician responded positively to the question described in Subsection
             317      (3)(a).
             318          Section 7. Section 63G-2-305 is amended to read:
             319           63G-2-305. Protected records.
             320          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             321          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
             322      has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             323          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
             324      person if:
             325          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             326      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
             327      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             328          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
             329      than the public in obtaining access; and
             330          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with
             331      the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             332          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
             333      to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             334      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             335      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             336          (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
             337      competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as


             338      defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
             339          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             340      employment, or academic examinations;
             341          (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
             342      proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
             343      agreement with a governmental entity, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this
             344      Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to have access to, once the contract or
             345      grant has been awarded, a bid, proposal, or application submitted to or by a governmental
             346      entity in response to:
             347          (a) a request for bids;
             348          (b) a request for proposals;
             349          (c) a grant; or
             350          (d) other similar document;
             351          (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real
             352      or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
             353      before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             354          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
             355      entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             356          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             357      duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             358          (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             359      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
             360          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
             361      property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
             362      of the property; or
             363          (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
             364      and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
             365      the property as required under Section 78B-6-505 ;


             366          (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
             367      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             368      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
             369      of the subject property, unless:
             370          (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including
             371      the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
             372          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
             373      the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
             374      under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             375          (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             376      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             377      release of the records:
             378          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             379      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
             380          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             381      proceedings;
             382          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
             383      hearing;
             384          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
             385      generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
             386      an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             387      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             388          (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
             389      procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
             390      interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
             391          (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
             392      individual;
             393          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental


             394      property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
             395      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             396          (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             397      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             398      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             399          (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
             400      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
             401      Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
             402      employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
             403      jurisdiction;
             404          (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             405      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             406      audits or collections;
             407          (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
             408      until the final audit is released;
             409          (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
             410      litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
             411          (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
             412      legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning
             413      litigation;
             414          (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
             415      representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
             416      privileged as provided in Section 78B-1-137 ;
             417          (19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
             418      from a member of the Legislature; and
             419          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
             420      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
             421          (b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection


             422      with the preparation of legislation between:
             423          (A) members of a legislative body;
             424          (B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
             425          (C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
             426          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
             427      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
             428          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
             429      General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
             430      legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
             431      legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             432          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
             433      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             434      asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
             435      time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             436          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
             437      General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
             438      in response to these requests;
             439          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             440          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
             441      pending litigation;
             442          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             443      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
             444      Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             445          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             446      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
             447      personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             448          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
             449      biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of


             450      valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             451          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
             452      conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
             453          (28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             454      Section 53B-1-102 regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
             455      retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
             456      accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
             457      the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
             458      admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             459          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             460      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             461      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
             462      those policies or courses of action or made them public;
             463          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             464      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             465      recommendations in these areas;
             466          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
             467      that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
             468      records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
             469      if retained by it;
             470          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             471      except as provided in Section 52-4-206 ;
             472          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
             473      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
             474      disclosure;
             475          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             476      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
             477      other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;


             478          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
             479      by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
             480      or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
             481      person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
             482      be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
             483          (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
             484      the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
             485      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             486          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
             487      institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , and other
             488      information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
             489      the donor, provided that:
             490          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             491          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             492      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             493          (c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             494      Section 53B-1-102 , the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged
             495      in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority
             496      over the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled
             497      by the donor or the donor's immediate family;
             498          (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6a-404 , 41-12a-202 , and
             499      73-18-13 ;
             500          (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
             501      34A-2-205 ;
             502          (40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
             503      education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,
             504      or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
             505          (i) unpublished lecture notes;


             506          (ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
             507          (A) relating to research; and
             508          (B) of:
             509          (I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
             510      53B-1-102 ; or
             511          (II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
             512          (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
             513          (iv) creative works in process;
             514          (v) scholarly correspondence; and
             515          (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
             516          (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public
             517      information required pursuant to Subsection 53B-16-302 (2)(a) or (b); and
             518          (c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
             519          (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
             520      that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
             521      date that audit is completed and made public; and
             522          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
             523      Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
             524      the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would
             525      reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
             526      protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
             527          (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
             528      other document that indicates the location of:
             529          (a) a production facility; or
             530          (b) a magazine;
             531          (43) information:
             532          (a) contained in the statewide database of the Division of Aging and Adult Services
             533      created by Section 62A-3-311.1 ; or


             534          (b) received or maintained in relation to the Identity Theft Reporting Information
             535      System (IRIS) established under Section 67-5-22 ;
             536          (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
             537      Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
             538          (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
             539      National Guard's federal mission;
             540          (46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
             541      agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
             542      Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
             543          (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
             544      by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
             545          (48) except to the extent that the record is exempt from this chapter pursuant to Section
             546      63G-2-106 , records related to an emergency plan or program prepared or maintained by the
             547      Division of Homeland Security the disclosure of which would jeopardize:
             548          (a) the safety of the general public; or
             549          (b) the security of:
             550          (i) governmental property;
             551          (ii) governmental programs; or
             552          (iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Homeland Security
             553      information;
             554          (49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food relating to the National
             555      Animal Identification System or any other program that provides for the identification, tracing,
             556      or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under Title 4, Chapter 24,
             557      Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Livestock Inspection and
             558      Quarantine;
             559          (50) as provided in Section 26-39-501 :
             560          (a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
             561      regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to


             562      substantiate; and
             563          (b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
             564      from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care;
             565          (51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section 63G-2-301 and except as
             566      provided under Section 41-1a-116 , an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
             567      personal mobile phone number, if:
             568          (a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
             569      ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
             570          (b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be
             571      kept confidential due to:
             572          (i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
             573          (ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order;
             574          (52) the name, home address, work addresses, and telephone numbers of an individual
             575      that is engaged in, or that provides goods or services for, medical or scientific research that is:
             576          (a) conducted within the state system of higher education, as defined in Section
             577      53B-1-102 ; and
             578          (b) conducted using animals;
             579          (53) an initial proposal under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 26, Government Procurement
             580      Private Proposal Program, to the extent not made public by rules made under that chapter;
             581          (54) information collected and a report prepared by the Judicial Performance
             582      Evaluation Commission concerning a judge, unless Section 20A-7-702 or Title 78A, Chapter
             583      12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, requires disclosure of, or makes public,
             584      the information or report;
             585          (55) (a) records of the Utah Educational Savings Plan created under Section
             586      53B-8a-103 if the disclosure of the records would conflict with its fiduciary obligations;
             587          (b) proposals submitted to the Utah Educational Savings Plan; and
             588          (c) contracts entered into by the Utah Educational Savings Plan and the related
             589      payments;


             590          (56) records contained in the Management Information System created in Section
             591      62A-4a-1003 ;
             592          (57) records provided or received by the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office in
             593      furtherance of any contract or other agreement made in accordance with Section 63J-4-603 ;
             594          (58) information requested by and provided to the Utah State 911 Committee under
             595      Section 53-10-602 ;
             596          (59) recorded Children's Justice Center investigative interviews, both video and audio,
             597      the release of which are governed by Section 77-37-4 ; [and]
             598          (60) in accordance with Section 73-10-33 :
             599          (a) a management plan for a water conveyance facility in the possession of the Division
             600      of Water Resources or the Board of Water Resources; or
             601          (b) an outline of an emergency response plan in possession of the state or a county or
             602      municipality[.]; and
             603          (61) information provided to the Department of Health or the Division of Occupational
             604      and Professional Licensing under Subsection 58-68-304 (3) or (4).
             605          Section 8. Legislative intent.
             606          The Legislature is aware of the discovery, nationwide, of abortion clinics that operate in
             607      unsafe and unsanitary conditions, risking the health and safety of women. The Legislature is
             608      very concerned of the risks posed to women in these circumstances and intends to take action
             609      to help ensure that these conditions do not exist in Utah. The purpose of this bill is to protect
             610      women in Utah from these risks in a manner that does not conflict with the rights, held by state
             611      and federal courts to be protected by the United States Constitution, in relation to abortion.
             612      The Legislature intends that the department enact rules, and enforce those rules and the
             613      provisions of this bill, in a manner that does not place an undue burden on these rights.
             614          Section 9. Effective date.
             615          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.


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