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Committee approves measure to require EMR vendors to allow parents access to minors' records with safeguards
Utah House Business and Labor Committee · February 9, 2026
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Summary
House panel adopted a second substitute to HB259, requiring electronic medical record systems used by providers to permit parents or legal guardians access to their minor children's records unless access is lawfully restricted. The committee recommended the bill favorably.
Representative Mike Peterson said he introduced the second substitute to HB259 after hearing constituents who could not access a child's health record online without the child's consent. The substitute shifts obligations to the electronic medical record…
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