Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 398 (2022GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Johnson, D.N.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• allows the Department of Health to share certain information with the Department of Public Safety.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:33 PM by lfindlay.
TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA SHARING AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Dan N. Johnson
Senate Sponsor: 
 Curtis S. Bramble
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill allows the Department of Health to share certain information with the
Department of Public Safety.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ allows the Department of Health to share certain information with the Department
of Public Safety.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-8a-203
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 419
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-8a-203
 is amended to read:
26-8a-203.
Data collection.
(1) The committee shall specify the information that shall be collected for the
emergency medical services data system established pursuant to Subsection (2).
(2) (a) The department shall establish an emergency medical services data system
,
which shall provide for the collection of information, as defined by the committee, relating to
the treatment and care of patients who use or have used the emergency medical services
system.
(b) [
Beginning July 1, 2017, the
] 
The
 committee shall coordinate with the Health Data
Authority created in Chapter 33a, Utah Health Data Authority Act, to create a report of data
collected by the Health Data Committee under Section 
26-33a-106.1
 regarding:
(i) appropriate analytical methods;
(ii) the total amount of air ambulance flight charges in the state for a one-year period;
and
(iii) of the total number of flights in a one-year period under Subsection (2)(b)[
(i)
]
(ii)
:
(A) the number of flights for which a patient had no personal responsibility for paying
part of the flight charges;
(B) the number of flights for which a patient had personal responsibility to pay all or
part of the flight charges;
(C) the range of flight charges for which patients had personal responsibility under
Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(B), including the median amount for paid patient personal responsibility;
and
(D) the name of any air ambulance provider that received a median paid amount for
patient responsibility in excess of the median amount for all paid patient personal responsibility
during the reporting year.
(c) The department may share, with the Department of Public Safety, information from
the emergency medical services data system that:
(i) relates to traffic incidents;
(ii) is for the improvement of traffic safety;
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 (iii) may not be used for the prosecution of criminal matters
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 ; and
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 (iv) may not inlude any personally identifiable information.
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(3) (a) [
The department shall, beginning October 1, 2017, and on or before each
October 1 thereafter,
] 
On or before October 1, the department shall
 make the information in
Subsection (2)(b) public and send the information in Subsection (2)(b) to:
(i) the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; and
(ii) public safety dispatchers and first responders in the state.
(b) Before making the information in Subsection (2)(b) public, the committee shall
provide the air ambulance providers named in the report with the opportunity to respond to the
accuracy of the information in the report under Section 
26-33a-107
.
(4) Persons providing emergency medical services:
(a) shall provide information to the department for the emergency medical services
data system established pursuant to Subsection (2)(a);
(b) are not required to provide information to the department under Subsection (2)(b);
and
(c) may provide information to the department under Subsection (2)(b) or (3)(b).