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Senate approves bill requiring transparency for "crisis standards of care" after heated debate
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt administrative rules and give legislators notice before implementing crisis standards of care. Debate focused on past rulemaking practices and reporting that some allocation tools used race as a factor.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 18 passed First Substitute Senate Bill 194, directing the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt rules, provide public input and notify elected officials before implementing crisis standards of care or scarce-resource rationing.
Supporters said the bill restores transparency after the department used pandemic-era standards without public rulemaking. Sponsor Senator Curt Fillmore said the department "adopted these crisis standards of care" outside of the Administrative Procedures Act and that the bill requires the agency to write rules, describe committee…
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