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House restores Digital Health Service Commission, aligns it under Department of Health
Summary
Lawmakers substituted House Bill 24 to keep the Utah Digital Health Service Commission intact (rather than converting it to a committee) and aligned its chair and operations with the Department of Health; the substitute passed on first subject and was referred to the Senate.
Lawmakers on the Utah House floor approved a substituted version of House Bill 24 on Jan. 22 that restores the Utah Digital Health Service Commission (rather than turning it into a committee) and aligns the commission and its chair under the Executive Director of the Department of Health.
Sponsor Representative Rhonda Rudd Menlove described the move as part of a broader eHealth initiative to modernize medical records and transactions and said the commission preferred to remain a commission. Representative Bigelow asked about language that removes Senate consent for appointments; Menlove said the change was intended to 'streamline' the appointment process at the request of the executive director. Representative Falk successfully moved a friendly floor amendment deleting the word 'telehealth' and replacing it with 'digital health' to reflect modern terminology.
The House voted on the first subject of the substitute and the clerk announced the result on the floor; the substitute passed and will be referred to the Senate for further consideration. The bill’s sponsor said it was a committee bill that received unanimous committee support.
The final floor record included a clerical note that Representative Janice Fisher’s yes vote had not registered electronically and that the minutes would record a corrected tally.
