HB0164 • 2026

Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing

Vetoed

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Sponsor: Rep. Gricius, Stephanie
Last action: 2026-03-26
Official status: Governor Vetoed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing

This bill addresses nondisclosure clauses and required disclosures that must be made to a patient regarding reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing.

What This Bill Does

This bill addresses nondisclosure clauses and required disclosures that must be made to a patient regarding reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing.

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Bill History

2026-03-26 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Vetoed
2026-03-03 Clerk of the House
House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-03 Executive Branch - Governor
House/ to Governor
2026-02-25 Clerk of the House
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-02-25 Clerk of the House
House/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-02-24 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2026-02-24 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-02-20 Senate President
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2026-02-20 House Speaker
House/ received from Senate
2026-02-20 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2026-02-20 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-02-20 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-20 House Speaker
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2026-02-20 House Speaker
Senate/ to House
2026-02-19 House Concurrence Calendar
House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-02-19 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-02-19 Senate Consent Calendar
Senate/ 3rd reading
2026-02-19 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-19 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House with amendments
2026-02-13 Senate Consent Calendar
Senate/ 2nd reading
2026-02-13 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar
2026-02-12 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
2026-02-12 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-12 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
2026-02-08 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164S01
2026-02-08 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164S01
2026-02-05 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164S01
2026-02-05 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164S01
2026-02-04 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-03 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-02 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-02 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-02 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-02 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-01-23 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-01-23 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-01-22 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-01-21 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-20 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Clerk of the House
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-16 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164
2026-01-16 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164
2026-01-14 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-07 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-01-07 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164
2026-01-07 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164
2026-01-07 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill addresses nondisclosure clauses and required disclosures that must be made to a patient regarding reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing.

Current Bill Text

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26B-2-221
58-67-809
58-68-809
0
Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Gricius
Senate Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher

Cosponsor:
Anthony E. Loubet
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses nondisclosure clauses and required disclosures that must be made to a
patient regarding reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires health care providers that receive a disclosure of potential unprofessional or
unlawful conduct to provide information about how to report the concern to the Division
of Professional Licensing;
makes the validity of a nondisclosure clause preventing a patient from reporting the
conduct of the patient's health care provider to the Division of Professional Licensing
contingent on the provider having provided the division's model notice to the patient
before the execution of the nondisclosure clause;
requires the division to make a model notice and publish the notice online for download;
and
defines terms.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26B-2-221
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 305
ENACTS:
58-67-809
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
58-68-809
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
26B-2-221
is amended to read:
26B-2-221
. Reporting health care providers.
(1)
A health care facility licensed under this part which reports disciplinary
information on a licensed nurse to the Division of Professional Licensing within the
Department of Commerce as required by Section
58-31b-702
is entitled to the immunity
from liability provided by that section.
(2)
A health care provider or a health care provider's employee shall provide, in writing at
the time of the disclosure, information about how an individual may file a complaint
with the Division of Professional Licensing if the individual discloses a concern about a
current or former provider's potential unprofessional or unlawful conduct.
Section 2. Section
58-67-809
is enacted to read:
58-67-809
. Nondisclosure clauses.
(1)
As used in this section, "nondisclosure clause" means a contractual requirement that
operates to preclude a patient from reporting, to the division, the conduct of an
individual licensed under this chapter who provided health care services to the patient.
(2)
After June 1, 2025, for a nondisclosure clause to be valid and enforceable, the
individual licensed under this chapter must provide the notice described in Subsection
(3)

to the patient or the patient's personal representative before the contract containing the
nondisclosure clause is executed.
(3)
The division shall:
(a)
create a model notice that includes information about a patient's option to report
unprofessional or unlawful conduct of an individual licensed under this chapter to the
division;
(b)
include on the model notice:
(i)
information regarding what constitutes unprofessional or unlawful conduct;
(ii)
information about the process for reporting a complaint of unprofessional or
unlawful conduct to the division; and
(iii)
a reference to Section
58-1-501
; and
(c)
publish the notice online for download.
(4)
The division may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to administer this section.
Section 3. Section
58-68-809
is enacted to read:
58-68-809
. Nondisclosure clauses.
(1)
As used in this section, "nondisclosure clause" means a contractual requirement that
operates to preclude a patient from reporting, to the division, the conduct of an
individual licensed under this chapter who provided health care services to the patient.
(2)
After June 1, 2025, for a nondisclosure clause to be valid and enforceable, the
individual licensed under this chapter must provide the notice described in Subsection
(3)