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Committee backs bill clarifying legal status of tribal and indigenous traditional healers
Utah House Health and Human Services Committee · February 9, 2026
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Summary
HB277 would clarify that traditional healing providers recognized by American Indian or Alaska Native tribes need not be licensed by the state; the committee adopted a substitute and gave the bill a favorable recommendation after testimony from tribal-community representatives and clinicians.
Representative Fitisimano introduced HB277 as a measure to place traditional healing services under tribal and indigenous community authority rather than state licensure. The sponsor said the bill "does not in any way seek to expand the existing scope" but would clarify that…
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