This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 8:54 AM by estauffer.
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MEDICAL BILLING TRANSPARENCY AMENDMENTS

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler

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House Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill requires the Department of Health to publish certain health care cost
10     information.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     requires the Department of Health to make certain information from the all-payer
14     claims database available to the public through a standardized application program
15     interface format.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     ENACTS:
22          26-33a-116, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 26-33a-116 is enacted to read:
26          26-33a-116. Health care billing data.
27          (1) Ŝ→ [The] Subject to Subsection (2), the ←Ŝ department shall Ŝ→ [:] make
27a     aggregate data produced under this chapter available to the public through a standardized
27b     application program interface format.☆
27c      ☆(2) (a) The department shall ensure that data made available to the public under Subsection
27d     (1):
27e      (i) does not contain identifiable health data of a patient; and ←Ŝ
28          Ŝ→ [(a) anonymize the data collected under this chapter to meet] (ii) meets ←Ŝ state and
28a     federal data
29     privacy requirements, including the requirements of Section Ŝ→ [26-33a-109; and] 26-33a-107.
29a      (b) The department may not release any data under Subsection (1) that may be identifiable
29b     health data of a patient. ←Ŝ
30          Ŝ→ [(b) make the anonymized data available to the public through a standardized
31     application program interface format.
32          (2) The requirements of Sections 26-33a-106 and 26-33a-107 do not apply to the
33     release of anonymized data under Subsection (1)(b).] ←Ŝ