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House advances plan for statewide patient identity validation amid debate over immunity
Summary
HB 25 directs the Utah Department of Health to develop standards for a statewide patient identity validation system to reduce duplicate records and fraud; lawmakers debated governmental immunity, privacy protections and private-sector funding before passing the measure 51–17.
The Utah House passed a bill on Jan. 24 directing the Department of Health to develop standards for a statewide patient identity validation system intended to reduce duplicate medical records, improve real-time death-record validation and curb fraud.
Representative Barlow, sponsor of House Bill 25, described the measure as the product of 18 months of stakeholder work through the Utah Digital Health Service Commission. The legislation would authorize the Department of Health to convene stakeholders, develop standards for a patient identity validation system and provide limited governmental immunity for entities…
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