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Committee advances health-data bill with new re-identification protections after debate on cybersecurity and opt-outs
Summary
After debate and public comment about privacy and cyber-risk, a House committee on March 4 adopted Amendment 1 to HB 199 (requiring a department plan to prevent re-identification) and then favorably recommended the bill as amended to the House; members expressed concerns about cybersecurity safeguards and citizen opt-out enforcement.
A House committee on March 4 adopted Amendment 1 and then favorably recommended HB 199, a department-request bill to extend and strengthen Utah's Health Data Authority Act and add new privacy protections.
Representative Thurston described the bill as a response to an audit recommending better strategic planning, privacy protocols and clearer operational use of the state's longstanding health-data collections. Department witnesses said the program helps answer policy questions — from fluoridation impacts to cost drivers in health care — while the bill…
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