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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah makes patient nondisclosure agreements contingent on prior official notice regarding reporting provider conduct
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Anthony Loubet
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill addresses certain nondisclosure clauses.
Patients entering agreements with health care providers are ensured prior written disclosure of their right to report unprofessional or unlawful conduct to state regulators, affecting the enforceability of confidentiality restrictions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Patients
Patients must receive a model notice regarding reporting procedures prior to executing contracts with nondisclosure clauses for those clauses to remain valid.
Health care providers
Licensed providers must furnish the state model notice before executing contracts containing nondisclosure clauses in order for those clauses to be legally enforceable.
Division of Professional Licensing
The division is tasked with creating, publishing online, and establishing rules regarding the model notice.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a health care provider fails to give the model notice before a patient signs a contract with a nondisclosure clause?
Who is responsible for publishing the model notice online?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Jan 26, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 26, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0316
- Jan 22, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0316
- Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
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- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0316
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0316
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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