Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 355 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Peterson, V.

Final action

House/ to Governor 3/13/2023

Outcome

House/ to Governor

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• adds the Department of Commerce to the Utah Data Research Advisory Board as a participating entity and advisory board member.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

UTAH DATA RESEARCH CENTER AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Val L. Peterson
Senate Sponsor: 
 Michael K. McKell
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends the Utah Data Research Advisory Board.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ adds the Department of Commerce to the Utah Data Research Advisory Board as a
participating entity and advisory board member.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53B-33-101
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 461
53B-33-202
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 461
53B-33-304
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 461
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53B-33-101
 is amended to read:
53B-33-101.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Utah Data Research Advisory Board created in Section
[
53B-33-203
] 
53B-33-202
.
(2) "Center" means the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 
53B-33-201
.
(3) "Data" means any information about a person stored in a physical or electronic
record.
(4) "Data research program" means the data maintained by the center in accordance
with Section 
53B-33-301
.
(5) "De-identified data" means data about a person that cannot, without additional
information, identify the person to another person or machine.
(6) "Director" means the director of the Utah Data Research Center created in Section
53B-33-201
.
(7) "Institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education described
in Section 
53B-1-102
.
(8) "Participating entity" means:
(a) the State Board of Education, which includes the director as defined in Section
53E-10-701
;
(b) the board;
(c) the Department of Workforce Services; [
and
]
(d) the Department of Health and Human Services[
.
]
; and
(e) the Department of Commerce.
(9) "Unique student identifier" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53E-4-308
.
Section 2. Section 
53B-33-202
 is amended to read:
53B-33-202.
Utah Data Research Advisory Board -- Composition -- Appointment.
(1) There is created the Utah Data Research Advisory Board.
(2) The advisory board is composed of the following members:
(a) the state superintendent of the State Board of Education or the state superintendent's
designee;
(b) the commissioner or the commissioner's designee;
(c) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services or the executive
director's designee; [
and
]
(d) the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services or the
executive director's designee[
.
]
; and
(e) the executive director of the Department of Commerce or the executive director's
designee.
(3) The commissioner shall serve as chair.
(4) A member of the advisory board:
(a) except to the extent a member's service on the advisory board is related to the
member's duties outside of the advisory board, may not receive compensation or benefits for
the member's service; and
(b) may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
(i) Section 
63A-3-106
;
(ii) Section 
63A-3-107
; and
(iii) rules made by the Division of Finance under Sections 
63A-3-106
 and 
63A-3-107
.
Section 3. Section 
53B-33-304
 is amended to read:
53B-33-304.
Reporting.
(1) The center shall report to the Education Interim Committee 
and Business and Labor
Interim Committee
:
(a) before July 1 of each year regarding the center's:
(i) research and services priorities for the year;
(ii) completed research from the previous year; and
(iii) activities and accomplishments in the previous year; and
(b) before December 1 of each year, the center's ongoing data research and services
priority list described in Subsection 
53B-33-302
(2).
(2) The Education Interim Committee shall provide the center ongoing input regarding
the center's activities and data research priorities.