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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Bill Requires Patient Notice Before Enforcing Nondisclosure Clauses Regarding Health Care Providers
Last action · March 26, 2026: Governor VetoedSponsors: Stephanie Gricius and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill addresses nondisclosure clauses and required disclosures that must be made to a patient regarding reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing.
Patients signing settlement or confidentiality agreements with health care providers retain the legal right to report professional misconduct to state regulators, provided providers fulfill prior notice requirements.
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.
Health care providers
Providers must supply written complaint information upon receiving misconduct disclosures and must deliver a model notice prior to executing any patient nondisclosure clause for it to be valid.
Patients
Patients receive explicit written information on reporting options and retain their ability to report provider conduct to state regulators despite confidentiality agreements, unless proper advance notice is given.
Division of Professional Licensing
The division must create, publish online, and administer a model notice regarding the reporting of professional misconduct.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is required for a patient nondisclosure clause to be valid?
What information must the Division of Professional Licensing include on the model notice?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Vetoed by the governor.
Procedural history
47 actions- Mar 26, 2026Lieutenant Governor's office for filingGovernor Vetoed
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ to Governor
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Feb 25, 2026Clerk of the HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- Feb 24, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingDraft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
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- Feb 24, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingBill Received from House for Enrolling
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ to House with amendments
- Feb 19, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 8, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164S01
- Feb 8, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164S01
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164S01
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164S01
- Feb 4, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 3, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 2, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 2, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 2, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 2, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Jan 23, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Jan 23, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
House/ passed 3rd reading
Total
75
- Yes
- 72
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (1)
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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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Conditional Nondisclosure Enforceability
The legislation ties the legal enforceability of patient confidentiality agreements directly to the advance delivery of a state-provided administrative notice.
Connected Entities
Sources
le.utah.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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