Utah 2026 General Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 164 — Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing

Last action — Governor Vetoed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Spencer Cox (Republican) on February 20, 2026.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

63 added · 72 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to HB 164 introduce specific requirements for healthcare providers regarding their communication with patients about reporting misconduct. Notably, a nondisclosure agreement that prevents a patient from reporting their provider is now only valid if the provider has informed the patient using a model notice from the Division of Professional Licensing. This change is significant because it aims to protect patients' rights to report unprofessional behavior without fearing legal repercussions from their providers. Additionally, the Division is now responsible for creating and making this notice accessible online, ensuring that patients are better informed about their options.

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▸ requires health care providers that receive a disclosure of potential unprofessional or unlawful conduct to provide information about how to report the concern to the Division of Professional Licensing{.} ;
▸ requires health care providers that receive a disclosure of potential unprofessional or unlawful conduct to provide information about how to report the concern to the Division of Professional Licensing;
▸ makes the validity of a nondisclosure clause preventing a patient from reporting the conduct of the patient's health care provider to the Division of Professional Licensing coHtingent on the provider having provided the division's model notice to the patient before the execBtion of the nondisclosure clause;
▸ makes the validity of a nondisclosure clause preventing a patient from reporting the conduct of the patient's health care provider to the Division of Professional Licensing contingent on the provider having provided the division's model notice to the patient before the execution of the nondisclosure clause;
0 ▸ 4 HB0164 compared with HB0164S01 requires the division to make a model notice and publish the notice online for download;
▸ requires the division to make a model notice and publish the notice online for download;
26B-2-221 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 305 ENACTS:
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- 2 - HB0164 compared with HB0164S01 (2) After June 1, 2025, for a nondisclosure clause to be valid and enforceable, the individual licensed under this chapter must provide the notice described in Subsection (3) to the patient or the patient's personal representative before the contract containing the nondisclosure clause is executed.
(2) After June 1, 2025, for a nondisclosure clause to be valid and enforceable, the individual licensed under this chapter must provide the notice described in Subsection (3) to the patient or the patient's personal representative before the contract containing the nondisclosure clause is executed.
(4) The division may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to administer this section.
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164 (4) The division may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to administer this section.
Section 3 is enacted to read:
Section 58-68-809 is enacted to read:
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- 3 - HB0164 compared with HB0164S01 (4) The division may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to administer this section.
(4) The division may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to administer this section.
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Action History

  1. Governor Vetoed

  2. House/ to Governor

  3. House/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  4. House/ enrolled bill to Printing

  5. Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate

  6. Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared

  7. Bill Received from House for Enrolling

  8. House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

  9. House/ received from Senate

  10. Senate/ to House

  11. Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

  12. Senate/ received from House

  13. House/ to Senate

  14. House/ concurs with Senate amendment

  15. House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar

  16. House/ received from Senate

  17. Senate/ to House with amendments

  18. Senate/ passed 3rd reading

  19. Senate/ 3rd reading

  20. Senate/ 2nd reading

  21. Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]

  22. Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]

  23. Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]

  24. Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]

  25. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164S01

  26. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164S01

  27. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164S01

  28. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164S01

  29. Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]

  30. Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  31. Senate/ received from House

  32. House/ to Senate

  33. House/ passed 3rd reading

  34. House/ 3rd reading

  35. House/ 2nd reading

  36. House/ committee report favorable [House Health and Human Services Committee]

  37. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]

  38. House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee]

  39. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  40. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  41. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0164

  42. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0164

  43. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  44. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0164

  45. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0164

  46. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  47. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on

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Who sponsors HB 164?
HB 164 is sponsored by Stephanie Pitcher (Democrat) and Stephanie Gricius (Republican).
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