Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 319 (2024GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Johnson, D.N.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/13/2024

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• adds data analysis and reporting to the scope of functions of the emergency medical services data system;
• clarifies that the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services may share information regarding traffic safety and public safety within the Department of Public Safety;
• authorizes the Department of Public Safety to share clinical health information collected by emergency medical service providers to a qualified network;
• limits the use of clinical health information by an emergency medical service provider to providing and improving the emergency medical service provider's services; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

EXCHANGE OF CLINICAL HEALTH INFORMATION
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Dan N. Johnson
Senate Sponsor: 
 Curtis S. Bramble
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to the electronic exchange of clinical health
information.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ adds data analysis and reporting to the scope of functions of the emergency medical
services data system;
▸ clarifies that the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services may share information
regarding traffic safety and public safety within the Department of Public Safety;
▸ authorizes the Department of Public Safety to share clinical health information
collected by emergency medical service providers to a qualified network;
▸ limits the use of clinical health information by an emergency medical service
provider to providing and improving the emergency medical service provider's
services; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53-2d-203
 (Effective 07/01/24)
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023,
Chapters 307, 310
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53-2d-203 (Effective 07/01/24)
 is amended to read:
53-2d-203 (Effective 07/01/24).
Data collection.
(1) 
As used in this section:
(a) "Clinical health information" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26B-8-411
.
(b) "Electronic exchange" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26B-8-411
.
(c) "Emergency medical service provider" means the same as that term is defined in
Section 
53-2d-101
.
(d) "Emergency medical services" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53-2d-101
.
(e) "Qualified network" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
26B-8-411
.
(2)
 The committee shall specify the information that shall be collected for the
emergency medical services data system established pursuant to Subsection [
(2)
] 
(3)
.
[
(2)
] 
(3)
 (a) The bureau shall establish an emergency medical services data system,
which shall provide for the collection
, analysis, and reporting
 of information, as defined by the
committee, relating to the 
response and
 treatment and care of patients who use or have used the
emergency medical services system.
(b) The committee shall coordinate with the Health Data Authority created in Title
26B, Chapter 8, Part 5, Utah Health Data Authority, to create a report of data collected by the
Health Data Committee under Section 
26B-8-504
 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)(ii)
]
(3)(b)(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)
] 
(3)(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 bureau may share, [
with
] 
within
 the department, information from the
emergency medical services data system that:
(i) relates to traffic incidents; and
(ii) is for the improvement of traffic 
and public
 safety.
(d) Information shared under Subsection [
(2)(c)
] 
(3)(c)
 may not [
: (i)
] be used for the
prosecution of criminal matters[
; or
]
.
[
(ii) include any personally identifiable information.
]
(e) (i) Subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.
L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended:
(A) the department may submit clinical health information about a patient, to a
qualified network, via electronic exchange of clinical health information, if:
(I) the electronic exchange of clinical health information meets the standards
established by the department under Section 
26B-8-411
; and
(II) the clinical health information was collected by an emergency medical service
provider performing emergency medical services for the provider's patient;
(B) in connection with providing emergency medical services to a patient, an
emergency medical service provider may access the patient's clinical health information
through electronic exchange; and
(C) an emergency medical service provider may use clinical health information only to
provide and improve the quality of the emergency medical service provider's services.
[
(3)
] 
(4)
 (a) On or before October 1, the department shall make the information in
Subsection [
(2)(b)
] 
(3)(b)
 public and send the information in Subsection [
(2)(b)
] 
(3)(b)
 to
public safety dispatchers and first responders in the state.
(b) Before making the information in Subsection [
(2)(b)
] 
(3)(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 
26B-8-506
.
[
(4)
] 
(5)
 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)
] 
(3)(a)
;
(b) are not required to provide information to the department under Subsection [
(2)(b)
]
(3)(b)
; and
(c) may provide information to the department under Subsection [
(2)(b)
] 
(3)(b)
 or
[
(3)(b)
] 
(4)(b)
.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on July 1, 2024.