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Committee advances bill to modernize Utah Health Data Authority and tighten privacy safeguards
Summary
The committee favorably recommended first substitute HB 199 to update the Utah Health Data Authority's statutory language, require publicly available strategic data plans, and add privacy and security safeguards following an audit; sponsor said the changes respond to an OLAG review.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted to pass first substitute HB 199, legislation that modernizes the statutory framework for the Utah Health Data Authority and strengthens requirements for data collection, management, analysis and public reporting.
Representative Thurston, presenting the bill, said the authority was established in 1990 and that recent…
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