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Committee considers bill to codify tribal data sovereignty and require tribal reporting of notifiable conditions

House Healthcare and Wellness Committee · February 3, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 2685 would require state agencies to apply tribal data sovereignty principles, direct the State Board of Health to require reporting of notifiable conditions to tribal health jurisdictions, and exempt some tribal data from the Public Records Act; tribal leaders supported the bill while open-government advocates and HCA raised concerns about scope and exemptions.

The House Healthcare and Wellness Committee received testimony on House Bill 2685, which would codify principles of tribal data sovereignty for state agencies, require the State Board of Health to adopt rules obligating providers and laboratories to report notifiable conditions to tribal health jurisdictions, and exempt certain tribal data from disclosure under the Public Records Act.

Allison Ryan, staff to the committee, described three main components: applying tribal data sovereignty principles when…

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