H.B. 159 First Substitute - Health Care Professional Licensing Requirements

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Health Care Professional Licensing Requirements

Number: H.B. 159 First Substitute (2023GS)
Sponsor: Rep. Thurston, N. (Thurston’s own bill)
Final action: Governor Signed 3/15/2023
Outcome: Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

This bill creates an exemption for professional licensing.

What it does

This bill:
defines terms; and
allows an individual who holds a health care license from a different state to provide telemedicine services to individuals located in Utah under certain circumstances.

Every vote on this bill

1/27/2023House Comm - Held

House Business and Labor Committee

10 0 5YEA

2/1/2023House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1

House Business and Labor Committee

9 0 6YEA

2/1/2023House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

House Business and Labor Committee

8 0 7YEA

2/3/2023House/ passed 3rd reading

Senate Secretary

71 0 4YEA

2/15/2023Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

Senate Business and Labor Committee

4 0 4not eligible / no record

2/16/2023Senate/ circled

Senate 2nd Reading Calendar

Voice votenot eligible / no record

2/16/2023Senate/ uncircled

Senate 2nd Reading Calendar

Voice votenot eligible / no record

2/16/2023Senate/ passed 2nd reading

Senate 3rd Reading Calendar

21 0 8not eligible / no record

2/17/2023Senate/ passed 3rd reading

Senate President

25 0 4not eligible / no record

Bill text

enrolled version · official source

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Norman K Thurston
Senate Sponsor: 
Jacob L. Anderegg
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates an exemption for professional licensing.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms; and
▸ allows an individual who holds a health care license from a different state to
provide telemedicine services to individuals located in Utah under certain
circumstances.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
58-1-302.1
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
58-1-302.1
 is enacted to read:
 58-1-302.1.
Temporary license for telemedicine.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Nonresident health care license" means a health care license issued by another
state, district, or territory of the United States.
(b) "Telemedicine service" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26-60-102
.
(2) An individual with a temporary license issued under this section is authorized to
provide a telemedicine service if:
(a) the telemedicine service is a service the individual is licensed to perform under the
nonresident health care license of the state, district, or territory that issued the nonresident
health care license;
(b) at the time the telemedicine service is performed, the patient is located in Utah; and
(c) performing the telemedicine service would not otherwise violate state law.
(3) The division shall issue a temporary license described in Subsection (2) to an
individual who has a nonresident health care license in good standing if:
(a) the individual has completed an application for a license by endorsement in
accordance with Section 
58-1-302
; and
(b) the division determines that they will not be able to process the application within
days from the day on which the application is submitted.
(4) The division may not charge a fee for a temporary license issued under this section
beyond the fee required for a license issued under Section 
58-1-302
.