This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:09 AM by pflowers.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions relating to the disclosure of identifiable health data
10 collected by the Department of Health.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ allows the Health Data Committee to disclose identifiable health data to the
14 Department of Health or a public health authority for an official purpose;
15 ▸ amends exceptions to the prohibition on disclosure of identifiable health data
16 collected by the Department of Health; and
17 ▸ makes technical changes.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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20 Other Special Clauses:
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22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 26-33a-109, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 74
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 26-33a-109 is amended to read:
28 26-33a-109. Exceptions to prohibition on disclosure of identifiable health data.
29 (1) The committee may not disclose any identifiable health data unless:
30 (a) the individual has authorized the disclosure; [
31 (b) the disclosure is to the department or a public health authority to accomplish the
32 department or public health authority's duties and responsibilities under this title;
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34 collected by the department under this title;
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37 (i) Subsection (2);
38 (ii) insurance enrollment and coordination of benefits under Subsection
39 26-33a-106.1(1)(d); or
40 (iii) risk adjusting under Subsection 26-33a-106.1(1)(b).
41 (2) The committee shall consider the following when responding to a request for
42 disclosure of information that may include identifiable health data:
43 (a) whether the [
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45 approved by an institutional review board; and
46 (b) whether the [
47 Subsection (3).
48 (3) A request for disclosure of information that may include identifiable health data
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50 (a) be for a specified period; [
51 (b) be solely for [
52 determined in accordance with administrative rules [
53 accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act , which shall
54 require that the requester:
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59 department to protect the data in accordance with this chapter or other applicable law.
60 (4) A person accessing identifiable health data [
61 Subsection (2) may not further disclose the identifiable health data:
62 (a) without prior approval of the department; and
63 (b) unless the identifiable health data is disclosed or identified by control number only.