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Utah Code § 26B-3-144 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-144
§ 26B-3-144. Closed loop referral system.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Authorized user" means a social needs care provider authorized by rules the department makes to use a closed loop referral system. (b) "Closed loop referral system" means a system that enables efficient outreach, engagement, and care coordination across cross-sector social needs care providers. (c) "Social needs care" means community-level services and supports that address health-related social needs. (d) "Social needs care provider" means a person that contracts with the department, directly or indirectly, to provide social needs care, including a: (i) government entity; (ii) healthcare organization; (iii) community organization; or (iv) social service organization. (2) The department shall implement a closed loop referral system for referrals for the delivery of social care to Medicaid-eligible individuals. (3) The department shall ensure that the closed loop referral system: (a) notifies authorized users of social needs care requests and referrals; (b) allows authorized users to securely access relevant information related to the social care needs of individuals the authorized user serves; (c) allows an individual's information to be accessed only with the individual's consent and consistent with applicable privacy laws; (d) facilitates communication between referring social needs care providers using a secure chat function; (e) sends social needs care referrals on behalf of an individual receiving social needs care; and (f) in a single record, tracks and stores: (i) the outcome of a referral; and (ii) the outcome of services delivered to an individual. (4) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to implement this section, including rules to establish authorized use and authorized users of the closed loop referral system.
Utah Code § 26B-5-335 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-5 / § 26B-5-335
§ 26B-5-335. Notice of commitment.
Status: in_force

Whenever a patient has been temporarily, involuntarily committed to a local mental health authority under Section 26B-5-331 on the application of an individual other than the patient's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, the local mental health authority or a designee of the local mental health authority shall immediately notify the patient's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin, if known.
Utah Code § 78B-6-1205 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-1205
§ 78B-6-1205. Summons -- To whom directed.
Status: in_force

The summons shall be directed to: (1) all joint tenants; (2) tenants in common of all persons having any interest in, or recorded liens upon the property or any portion of the property; and (3) any other person claiming any interest in the property.
Utah Code § 78B-19-112 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-19 / § 78B-19-112
§ 78B-19-112. Coercive or violent relationship.
Status: in_force

(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party. (2) Throughout a collaborative law process, a collaborative lawyer reasonably and continuously shall assess whether the party the collaborative lawyer represents has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party. (3) If a collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the party the lawyer represents or the prospective party who consults the lawyer has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party or prospective party, the lawyer may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless: (a) the party or the prospective party requests to begin or to continue a process; and (b) the collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.
Utah Code § 34A-2-201 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-2 / § 34A-2-201
§ 34A-2-201. Employers to secure workers' compensation benefits for employees -- Methods.
Status: in_force

An employer shall secure the payment of workers' compensation benefits for its employees by: (1) insuring, and keeping insured, the payment of this compensation with an insurer authorized under Title 31A, Insurance Code, to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state; or (2) obtaining approval from the division in accordance with Section 34A-2-201.5 to pay direct compensation as a self-insured employer in the amount, in the manner, and when due as provided for in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.
Utah Code § 53E-6-1100 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-6 / § 53E-6-1100
§ 53E-6-1100. Article I -- Purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a collective regulatory framework that expedites and enhances the ability of teachers to move across state lines. (2) This compact is intended to achieve the following objectives and should be interpreted accordingly. The member states hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto: (a) create a streamlined pathway to licensure mobility for teachers; (b) support the relocation of eligible military spouses; (c) facilitate and enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary information between the member states; (d) enhance the power of state and district level education officials to hire qualified, competent teachers by removing barriers to the employment of out-of-state teachers; (e) support the retention of teachers in the profession by removing barriers to relicensure in a new state; and (f) maintain state sovereignty in the regulation of the teaching profession.
Utah Code § 26B-1-218 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-1 / § 26B-1-218
§ 26B-1-218. Intergenerational poverty mitigation reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Cycle of poverty" means the same as that term is defined in Section 35A-9-102. (b) "Intergenerational poverty" means the same as that term is defined in Section 35A-9-102. (2) On or before October 1 of each year, the department shall provide an annual report to the Department of Workforce Services for inclusion in the intergenerational poverty report described in Section 35A-9-202. (3) The report shall: (a) describe policies, procedures, and programs that the department has implemented or modified to help break the cycle of poverty and end welfare dependency for children in the state affected by intergenerational poverty; and (b) contain recommendations to the Legislature on how to address issues relating to breaking the cycle of poverty and ending welfare dependency for children in the state affected by intergenerational poverty.
Utah Code § 75E-11-313 — Utah Code / Title 75E / Chapter 75E-11 / § 75E-11-313
§ 75E-11-313. Service of process at the assigned address.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) In accordance with the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4, the department is the agent authorized to receive process for a program participant. (2) In accordance with the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 5, the last known address for a program participant is the program participant's assigned address, not the program participant's actual address.
Utah Code § 70C-1-102 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-1 / § 70C-1-102
§ 70C-1-102. Purposes -- Rules of construction.
Status: in_force

(1) This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (2) The underlying purposes and policies of this title are: (a) to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at reasonable cost; (b) to prohibit certain unfair practices; and (c) to avoid the duplication of laws and regulations pertaining to consumer credit between state and federal authorities and to supplement applicable federal laws and regulations.
Utah Code § 31A-28-208 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-28 / § 31A-28-208
§ 31A-28-208. Assessments.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) To provide the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the association, the board of directors shall assess the member insurers at the time and in the amount the board finds necessary. (b) An assessment under this section: (i) is due not less than 30 days after written notice to the member insurers; and (ii) accrues interest to the extent unpaid after the due date at the greater of: (A) 10% per annum; or (B) the then legal rate of interest provided in Section 15-1-1. (2) An assessment is to be made in the amount necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the association under Section 31A-28-207 for an insolvent insurer. (3) An assessment against a member insurer is in the proportion that the net direct written premiums of the member insurer for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies bears to the net direct written premiums of all member insurers for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies. (4) A member insurer may not be assessed in any year for an amount greater than 2% of that member insurer's net direct written premiums for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies. (5) If the maximum assessment, together with the other assets of the association in the association account, do not provide in any one year an amount sufficient to make all necessary payments, the funds available shall be prorated and the unpaid portion shall be paid as soon as funds become available. (6) The association may exempt or defer, in whole or in part, the assessment of any member insurer, if the assessment would cause the member insurer's financial statement to reflect amounts of capital or surplus less than the minimum amounts required for a certificate of authority by any jurisdiction in which the member insurer is authorized to transact insurance. (7) Each member insurer may set off against any assessment authorized payments made on covered claims and expenses incurred in the payment of the claims by the member insurer, if they are chargeable to the association account.
Utah Code § 63G-31-204 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-31 / § 63G-31-204
§ 63G-31-204. Prohibited sex-based distinctions.
Status: in_force

The following actions within the public education system constitute a violation of Section 63G-31-201: (1) providing a sex-designated facility, program, or event of a higher quality to one sex and of a lesser quality to the opposite sex rather than ensuring equivalent quality or rotational sharing, including the use of athletic facilities or venues; (2) providing males or females preferred or more advantageous scheduling of facilities, programs, or events in comparison to the opposite sex rather than ensuring equivalent scheduling practices or rotational sharing, including the scheduling of athletic events or practices; (3) providing males or females with more sex-designated opportunities than the opposite sex in excess of a 10% disparity; (4) requiring males or females to participate or compete against the opposite sex in any sex-designated facility, program, or event; or (5) requiring, giving official authorization for, or knowingly allowing males or females to use a sex-designated facility in the presence of the opposite sex.
Utah Code § 63G-6a-112 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-6a / § 63G-6a-112
§ 63G-6a-112. Required public notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A procurement unit that issues a solicitation shall post notice of the solicitation: (a) at least seven days before the day of the deadline for submission of a solicitation response; and (b) (i) on the main website for the procurement unit; or (ii) on a state website that is owned, managed by, or provided under contract with, the division for posting a public procurement notice. (2) A procurement unit may reduce the seven-day period described in Subsection (1), if the procurement unit's procurement official signs a written statement that: (a) states that a shorter time is needed; and (b) determines that competition from multiple sources may be obtained within the shorter period of time. (3) (a) It is the responsibility of a person seeking information provided by a notice published under this section to seek out, find, and respond to the notice. (b) As a courtesy and in order to promote competition, a procurement unit may provide, but is not required to provide, individual notice.
Utah Code § 70A-2a-108 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2a / § 70A-2a-108
§ 70A-2a-108. Unconscionability.
Status: in_force

(1) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may refuse to enforce the lease contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may limit the application of an unconscionable clause to avoid any unconscionable result. (2) With respect to a consumer lease, if the court as a matter of law finds that a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract has been induced by unconscionable conduct, or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from a lease contract, the court may grant appropriate relief. (3) Before making a finding of unconscionability under Subsection (1) or (2), the court, on its own motion or that of a party, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the lease contract or clause thereof, or of the conduct. (4) In an action in which the lessee claims unconscionability with respect to a consumer lease: (a) If the court finds unconscionability under Subsection (1) or (2), the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the lessee. (b) If the court does not find unconscionability and the lessee claiming unconscionability has brought or maintained an action he knew to be groundless, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the party against whom the claim is made. (c) In determining attorney's fees, the amount of the recovery on behalf of the claimant under Subsections (1) and (2) is not controlling.
Utah Code § 31A-46-307 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-46 / § 31A-46-307
§ 31A-46-307. Pharmacy benefit manager reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) A pharmacy benefit manager may not enter into or renew a contract with an insurer on or after January 1, 2021, to administer or manage rebate contracting or rebate administration unless the pharmacy benefit manager agrees to regularly report to the insurer information regarding pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates received by the pharmacy benefit manager under the contract. (2) The quality and type of information required under Subsection (1) shall be detailed, claims level information unless the pharmacy benefit manager and insurer agree to waive this requirement in a separate written agreement.
Utah Code § 26B-3-1028 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-1028
§ 26B-3-1028. Application of provisions contrary to federal law prohibited.
Status: in_force

In no event shall any provision contained in this part be applied contrary to existing federal law.
Utah Code § 78B-22-304 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-22 / § 78B-22-304
§ 78B-22-304. Reimbursement for indigent defense services.
Status: in_force

A court may order a parent or legal guardian of a minor who is appointed indigent defense services under this chapter to reimburse the cost of the minor's indigent defense services, as determined by the court, unless the court finds the parent or legal guardian indigent under Section 78B-22-202.
Utah Code § 78B-5-701 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-5 / § 78B-5-701
§ 78B-5-701. Taking of affidavits in this state.
Status: in_force

An affidavit to be used before any court, judge, or officer of this state may be taken before any judge, the clerk of any court, any justice court judge, or any notary public in this state.
Utah Code § 71A-5-102 — Utah Code / Title 71A / Chapter 71A-5 / § 71A-5-102
§ 71A-5-102. Veterans Assistance Registry.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created within the department a Veterans Assistance Registry. (2) The intent of the registry is to provide contact information to qualified donors of material goods, services, and labor for qualified recipients in need of specific goods, services, or labor. (3) The department shall, in consultation with the council: (a) create a database of donors and recipients; (b) develop an electronic link on the department's website to the database of donors and recipients; (c) insure that information provided by donors and recipients is only used for the intended purpose as specified in Subsection (2) and not made public; (d) provide instructions online for donors and recipients to use in registering for the registry; (e) publicize through both local and nationwide veterans service organizations and the VA the availability of the registry; and (f) track usage of and report annually on the registry program in accordance with Section 71A-1-202.
Utah Code § 75E-11-306 — Utah Code / Title 75E / Chapter 75E-11 / § 75E-11-306
§ 75E-11-306. Use of assigned address -- Release of information.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The department shall forward all mail that the office receives at the assigned address for a program participant to the program participant's actual address. (2) The department shall provide, at the request of a program participant or a state or local government entity, confirmation of an individual's status as a program participant. (3) Except as provided in Sections 75E-11-310, 75E-11-311, and 75E-11-312, the department may not disclose a program participant's actual address to any person.
Utah Code § 78B-5-1002 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-5 / § 78B-5-1002
§ 78B-5-1002. Right to an appeal of an injunctive order.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Defendant" means a defendant in the civil action or a party affected by the injunctive order. (b) "Governmental entity" means the state, a county, a municipality, a special district, a special service district, a school district, a state institution of higher education, or any other political subdivision or administrative unit of the state. (c) "Injunctive order" means a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or any order that restrains or enjoins the execution or enforcement of a state law or any part of a state law before entry of a judgment. (d) "Plaintiff" means the party seeking the injunctive order. (e) "State law" means a state statute, a provision of the Utah Constitution, or any action of the Legislature. (2) A defendant has a right in a civil action to appeal a decision by a trial court of this state to grant, continue, modify, or refuse to modify an injunctive order if the underlying claim for the injunctive order is that the state law, or any part of the state law, is unconstitutional on its face. (3) Upon an appeal described in Subsection (2), the Supreme Court shall determine whether: (a) the decision of the trial court is correct; and (b) there is a substantial likelihood that the plaintiff will prevail on the merits of the claim that the state law, or any part of the state law, is unconstitutional on its face. (4) A defendant who does not exercise the defendant's right to appeal under this section is not precluded from seeking an appeal of the decision upon entry of a judgment or under any other law for which the defendant may appeal the decision. (5) If a governmental entity brings an appeal under Subsection (2), the governmental entity is not required to post a bond for the appeal. (6) The requirements for an appeal of right under the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure apply to the filing of an appeal under this section. (7) This section applies to an action pending in a court of this state on or after May 7, 2025.
Utah Code § 78B-3a-206 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-3a / § 78B-3a-206
§ 78B-3a-206. Transitory actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except for a transitory action under Subsection (2), a plaintiff shall bring a transitory action arising outside the state in the county where the defendant resides if the action is brought in this state. (2) A plaintiff shall bring a transitory action arising outside the state in favor of residents of this state in the county where: (a) the plaintiff resides; or (b) the principal defendant resides.
Utah Code § 78A-7-105 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-7 / § 78A-7-105
§ 78A-7-105. Jurisdiction of a county justice court.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The territorial jurisdiction of a county justice court extends to the limits of the precinct for which the justice court is created and includes all municipalities within the precinct, other than a municipality where a municipal justice court exists. (b) Subject to Subsection (1)(c), a county or district attorney may file a class B or C misdemeanor offense in a county justice court, regardless of where the act occurred, if: (i) the same offense could have been filed as a class A misdemeanor in district court; (ii) the county or district attorney files the offense described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) pursuant to Subsection 77-2-2.3(1)(a); and (iii) the case was submitted to the county or district attorney's office for prosecution. (c) A prosecutor may not file a class B or C misdemeanor offense in a county justice court if the facts support the filing of the charged offense as a felony under Section 76-3-103. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the territorial jurisdiction of a county justice court extends to any municipality within the precinct where the act, filed as a class B or C misdemeanor under Subsection (1)(b), occurred. (2) The territorial jurisdiction of municipal justice courts extends to the corporate limits of the municipality in which the justice court is created. (3) Justice court judges have the same authority regarding matters within their jurisdiction as judges of courts of record. (4) A justice court may issue all extraordinary writs and other writs as necessary to carry into effect its orders, judgments, and decrees. (5) (a) Except as provided in this Subsection (5), a judgment rendered in a justice court does not create a lien upon any real property of the judgment debtor unless the judgment or abstract of the judgment: (i) is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property of the judgment debtor is located; and (ii) contains the information identifying the judgment debtor in the judgment or abstract of judgment as required in Subsection 78B-5-201(4)(b) or as a separate information statement of the judgment creditor as required in Subsection 78B-5-201(5). (b) The lien runs for eight years from the date the judgment was entered in the district court under Section 78B-5-202 unless the judgment is earlier satisfied. (c) State agencies are exempt from the recording requirement of Subsection (5)(a).