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House floor rejects substitute bill aimed at improving patient access to medical records
Summary
A second substitute to House Bill 239, which sought to compel major hospital systems to collaborate so patients can access records across systems, failed in the House by a 28–41 vote after extended privacy and centralization concerns.
SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers debated for over an hour on Feb. 16 about a proposal to improve patients’ access to medical records across hospital systems. The chamber ultimately voted down the second substitute to House Bill 239, 28–41.
Representative Ward, sponsor of HB 239, framed the bill as an effort to ensure patients can access their own records across the state’s four largest hospital systems (Intermountain, University of Utah, HCA, and Steward) within about 30 months. He said the bill asks the Department of Health to work with…
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