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Utah Code § 26B-3-229 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-229
§ 26B-3-229. Doula services.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "doula services" means non-medical advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort provided to an individual during the individual's pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period. (2) (a) Before October 1, 2025, the department shall apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment to cover doula services. (b) The department shall develop the state plan amendment in consultation with individuals representing patients, doulas, physicians, nurses, and health care facilities in the state. (3) If the state plan amendment is approved, the Medicaid program shall provide coverage of doula services. (4) The department shall establish through rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, training and registration requirements for a doula providing doula services to an enrollee.
Utah Code § 26B-8-230 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-8 / § 26B-8-230
§ 26B-8-230. Application for permit to render a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation -- Medical examiner review fee.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receiving an application by a person for a permit to render a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation, the medical examiner shall determine whether: (a) the person is authorized by law to render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation in the manner specified in the application; (b) the death certificate is complete and correct; and (c) there is a need to delay any action that will render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation until a postmortem investigation or an autopsy of the dead body is performed by the medical examiner. (2) The medical examiner shall automatically issue a permit to render a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation if: (a) the person requesting the permit is authorized to render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation in the manner specified in the application; (b) the death certificate is complete and correct; (c) the death does not fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner as described in Section 26B-8-205; and (d) an autopsy authorized by Section 26B-8-213 or 26B-8-224 is not needed. (3) Except as provided in Subsection (5), within three days after receiving an application described in Subsection (1), the medical examiner shall: (a) make the determinations described in Subsection (1); and (b) (i) issue a permit to render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation in the manner specified in the application; or (ii) deny the permit. (4) The medical examiner may deny a permit to render a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation only if: (a) the applicant is not authorized by law to render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation in the manner specified in the application; (b) the medical examiner determines that there is a need to delay any action that will render the dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation; or (c) the applicant fails to pay the fee described in Subsection (6). (5) If the medical examiner cannot in good faith make the determinations described in Subsection (1) within three days after receiving an application described in Subsection (1), the medical examiner shall notify the applicant: (a) that more time is needed to make the determinations described in Subsection (1); and (b) of the estimated amount of time needed before the determinations described in Subsection (1) can be made. (6) The medical examiner may charge a fee, set in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, to recover the costs of fulfilling the duties of the medical examiner described in this section.
Utah Code § 26B-4-1004 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-4 / § 26B-4-1004
§ 26B-4-1004. Electronic health record system study.
Status: in_force

(1) On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall convene a working group to study and develop recommendations regarding the electronic health record system used in connection with providing inmates with comprehensive health care, including: (a) identification of the department's electronic health record system requirements; (b) an analysis of what features of an electronic health record system are needed to maximize the implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency of the waiver described in Section 26B-3-217; and (c) a determination of whether the department's current electronic health record system meets the requirements and includes the features identified under Subsections (1)(a) and (b). (2) The working group described in Subsection (1) shall include department staff as determined by the director. (3) The working group shall provide recommendations regarding the electronic health record system to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on or before the date of the committee's meeting in November 2025.
Utah Code § 75B-2-902 — Utah Code / Title 75B / Chapter 75B-2 / § 75B-2-902
§ 75B-2-902. Standard of care -- Portfolio strategy -- Risk and return objectives.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A trustee shall invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. (b) In satisfying this standard, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution. (2) A trustee's investment and management decisions respecting individual assets must be evaluated not in isolation but in the context of the trust portfolio as a whole and as a part of an overall investment strategy having risk and return objectives reasonably suited to the trust. (3) Among circumstances that a trustee shall consider in investing and managing trust assets are the following which may be relevant to the trust or the trust's beneficiaries: (a) general economic conditions; (b) the possible effect of inflation or deflation; (c) the expected tax consequences of investment decisions or strategies; (d) the role that each investment or course of action plays within the overall trust portfolio, which may include financial assets, interests in closely held enterprises, tangible and intangible personal property, and real property; (e) the expected total return from income and the appreciation of capital; (f) other resources of the beneficiaries; (g) needs for liquidity, regularity of income, and preservation or appreciation of capital; and (h) an asset's special relationship or special value, if any, to the purposes of the trust or to one or more of the beneficiaries. (4) A trustee shall make a reasonable effort to verify facts relevant to the investment and management of trust assets. (5) A trustee may invest in any kind of property or type of investment consistent with the standards of this chapter.
Utah Code § 70A-3-105 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-3 / § 70A-3-105
§ 70A-3-105. Issue of instrument.
Status: in_force

(1) "Issue" means: (a) the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person; or (b) if agreed by the payee, the first transmission by the drawer to the payee of an image of an item and information derived from the item that enables the depositary bank to collect the item by transferring or presenting under federal law an electronic check. (2) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense. (3) "Issuer" applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.
Utah Code § 53F-1-101 — Utah Code / Title 53F / Chapter 53F-1 / § 53F-1-101
§ 53F-1-101. Title.
Status: in_force

(1) This title is known as "Public Education System -- Funding." (2) This chapter is known as "Title Provisions."
Utah Code § 63G-2-704 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-2 / § 63G-2-704
§ 63G-2-704. Applicability to the governor and lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

(1) The governor, the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the office of the lieutenant governor shall designate and classify records in accordance with Sections 63G-2-301 through 63G-2-305 as public, private, controlled, or protected. (2) (a) The governor, the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the office of the lieutenant governor are not subject to: (i) Section 63G-2-203; (ii) Section 63G-2-209; (iii) Section 63G-2-401; or (iv) Part 6, Collection of Information and Accuracy of Records. (b) The governor, the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the office of the lieutenant governor are subject to only the following sections in Title 63A, Chapter 12, Division of Archives and Records Service and Management of Government Records: (i) Section 63A-12-102; and (ii) Section 63A-12-106. (3) The governor and lieutenant governor: (a) (i) shall establish policies to handle requests for classification, designation, fees, access, denials, segregation, appeals to the chief administrative officer, management, retention, and amendment of records; and (ii) may establish an appellate board to hear appeals from denials of access; and (b) may establish: (i) a process for determining that a person is a vexatious requester, including a process for an appeal from a determination that a person is a vexatious requester; and (ii) appropriate limitations on a person determined to be a vexatious requester. (4) Policies described in Subsection (3) shall include reasonable times for responding to access requests consistent with the provisions of Part 2, Access to Records, fees, and reasonable time limits for appeals. (5) Upon request, the state archivist shall: (a) assist with and advise concerning the establishment of a records management program for the governor, the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the office of the lieutenant governor; and (b) as required by the governor or lieutenant governor, provide program services as provided in this chapter and Title 63A, Chapter 12, Division of Archives and Records Service and Management of Government Records. (6) An individual in an executive branch management position, as defined in Section 67-1-1.5: (a) is not subject to Part 6, Collection of Information and Accuracy of Records; and (b) is subject to a policy for record amendment or retention created by the governor under Subsection (3)(a).
Utah Code § 63A-16-1301 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-16 / § 63A-16-1301
§ 63A-16-1301. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Critical infrastructure" means systems and assets operated or maintained by a governmental entity that are vital to the governmental entity's jurisdiction such that the incapacity or destruction of the systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, economic security, or public health, including: (a) emergency services communications systems; (b) electrical power systems; (c) water and wastewater systems; (d) transportation management systems; (e) data centers and networks; and (f) systems that store or process sensitive data or classified information. (2) "Cyber Center" means the Utah Cyber Center created in Section 63A-16-1102. (3) "Foreign adversary" means a country listed in 15 C.F.R. Sec. 791.4 as that regulation existed on January 1, 2026. (4) "Foreign principal" means: (a) the government or an official of the government of a foreign adversary; (b) a political party or member of a political party or subdivision of a political party of a foreign adversary; (c) an entity, including a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having a principal place of business in a foreign adversary, or a subsidiary of the entity; (d) an individual who is domiciled in a foreign adversary and is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (e) an individual, entity, or collection of individuals or entities described in Subsections (4)(a) through (d) having a controlling interest in a partnership, association, corporation, organization, trust, or other legal entity or subsidiary formed for the purpose of owning real property. (5) "Governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103. (6) "Information and communications technology" means any technology, system, device, application, or service used to create, collect, store, process, transmit, receive, display, or exchange information by electronic or digital means, including computers, software, networks, telecommunications systems, and related infrastructure.
Utah Code § 63G-31-102 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-31 / § 63G-31-102
§ 63G-31-102. Severability.
Status: in_force

(1) If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this part to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall be given effect without the invalidated provision or application. (2) The provisions of this chapter are severable.
Utah Code § 78A-11-101 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-11 / § 78A-11-101
§ 78A-11-101. Creation.
Status: in_force

In accordance with Article VIII, Section 13 of the Utah Constitution, a Judicial Conduct Commission is created.
Utah Code § 78B-1-109 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-1 / § 78B-1-109
§ 78B-1-109. Excuse from jury service -- Postponement.
Status: in_force

(1) A court may excuse an individual from jury service: (a) upon a showing: (i) of undue hardship; (ii) of public necessity; (iii) that the individual is a mother who is breastfeeding a child; or (iv) that the individual is incapable of jury service; and (b) for any period for which the grounds described in Subsection (1)(a) exist. (2) An individual described in Subsection (1) shall make the showing described in Subsection (1)(a) by affidavit, sworn testimony, or other competent evidence. (3) The court may postpone jury service upon a showing of good cause.
Utah Code § 20A-3a-506 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-3a / § 20A-3a-506
§ 20A-3a-506. False information on provisional ballot envelope.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may not wilfully falsify information on a provisional ballot envelope. (2) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 17C-1-415 — Utah Code / Title 17C / Chapter 17C-1 / § 17C-1-415
§ 17C-1-415. Obligations of agencies that use tax increment to pay for communication infrastructure or facility.
Status: in_force

An agency that uses tax increment on or after March 30, 2009 to pay for communication infrastructure or a communication facility: (1) may not make or grant any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to a provider of communication service with respect to the communication infrastructure or communication facility for which the tax increment is used; and (2) shall allow the communication infrastructure and facilities for which tax increment is used to be used by any other provider of communication service on a fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory basis.
Utah Code § 31A-36-117 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-36 / § 31A-36-117
§ 31A-36-117. Antifraud initiatives.
Status: in_force

(1) The following shall establish and maintain antifraud initiatives which are reasonably calculated to prevent, detect, and assist in the prosecution of violations of Section 31A-36-113: (a) a life settlement provider; and (b) an agency that is a life settlement producer. (2) The commissioner may order, or a licensee may request and the commissioner may approve, modifications of the measures otherwise required under this section, more or less restrictive than those measures, as necessary to protect against fraud. (3) Antifraud initiatives shall include: (a) fraud investigators, that may be either: (i) employees of a life settlement provider or life settlement producer; or (ii) independent contractors; (b) an antifraud plan submitted to the commissioner, which shall include: (i) a description of the procedures for: (A) detecting and investigating possible violations of Section 31A-36-113; and (B) resolving material inconsistencies between medical records and applications for insurance; (ii) a description of the procedures for reporting possible violations to the commissioner; (iii) a description of the plan for educating and training underwriters and other personnel against fraud; and (iv) a description or chart of the organizational arrangement of the personnel responsible for detecting and investigating possible violations of Section 31A-36-113 and for resolving material inconsistencies between medical records and applications for insurance. (4) A plan submitted to the commissioner shall be classified as a protected record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
Utah Code § 26B-3-305 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-305
§ 26B-3-305. Drug prior approval program.
Status: in_force

(1) A drug prior approval program approved or implemented by the board shall meet the following conditions: (a) except as provided in Subsection (2), a drug may not be placed on prior approval for other than medical reasons; (b) the board shall hold a public hearing at least 30 days prior to placing a drug on prior approval; (c) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 52-4-202, the board shall provide not less than 14 days' notice to the public before holding a public hearing under Subsection (1)(b); (d) the board shall consider written and oral comments submitted by interested parties prior to or during the hearing held in accordance with Subsection (1)(b); (e) the board shall provide evidence that placing a drug class on prior approval: (i) will not impede quality of recipient care; and (ii) that the drug class is subject to clinical abuse or misuse; (f) the board shall reconsider its decision to place a drug on prior approval: (i) no later than nine months after any drug class is placed on prior approval; and (ii) at a public hearing with notice as provided in Subsection (1)(b); (g) the program shall provide an approval or denial of a request for prior approval: (i) by either: (A) fax; (B) telephone; or (C) electronic transmission; (ii) at least Monday through Friday, except for state holidays; and (iii) within 24 hours after receipt of the prior approval request; (h) the program shall provide for the dispensing of at least a 72-hour supply of the drug on the prior approval program: (i) in an emergency situation; or (ii) on weekends or state holidays; (i) the program may be applied to allow acceptable medical use of a drug on prior approval for appropriate off-label indications; and (j) before placing a drug class on the prior approval program, the board shall: (i) determine that the requirements of Subsections (1)(a) through (i) have been met; and (ii) by majority vote, place the drug class on prior approval. (2) The board may, only after complying with Subsections (1)(b) through (j), consider the cost: (a) of a drug when placing a drug on the prior approval program; and (b) associated with including, or excluding a drug from the prior approval process, including: (i) potential side effects associated with a drug; or (ii) potential hospitalizations or other complications that may occur as a result of a drug's inclusion on the prior approval process.
Utah Code § 31A-8a-202.5 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-8a / § 31A-8a-202.5
§ 31A-8a-202.5. Reporting of administrative actions and criminal prosecution.
Status: in_force

(1) A health discount program operator or health discount program marketer shall report to the commissioner any administrative action or criminal prosecution brought against the health discount program operator, health discount program marketer, or an owner, officer, or principal of the health discount program operator or health discount program marketer, other than an administrative action brought by the department. (2) The health discount program operator or health discount program marketer shall file the report described in Subsection (1): (a) at the time the health discount program operator or health discount program marketer files an application for licensure or renewal; and (b) (i) for an administrative action that occurs on or after the day on which the health discount program operator or health discount program marketer files an application for licensure or renewal, within 30 days after the day on which the final disposition of the administrative action is issued; or (ii) for a criminal prosecution, within 30 days after the health discount program operator's or health discount program marketer's initial appearance before a court. (3) The report described in Subsection (1) shall include: (a) a copy of the complaint or other relevant legal documents related to the administrative action or criminal prosecution; and (b) an explanation or other information that the health discount program operator or health discount program marketer desires to submit in relation to the action or charge.
Utah Code § 31A-22-516 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-22 / § 31A-22-516
§ 31A-22-516. Payment of benefits.
Status: in_force

Any sum which is due because of the death of the person insured is payable to the beneficiary designated by the insured person, unless the policy contains conditions providing that the beneficiary is a family member designated by the policy terms. The insurer may reserve in the policy the right, if there is no designated beneficiary living at the death of the person insured as to all or any part of the sum, to pay a part of the sum not exceeding $5,000 to any person appearing to the insurer to be equitably entitled to that money by reason of having incurred expense for the maintenance, medical attention, or burial of the insured or for other reasons.
Utah Code § 31A-27a-104 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-27a / § 31A-27a-104
§ 31A-27a-104. Persons covered.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to: (a) an insurer who: (i) is doing, or has done, an insurance business in this state; and (ii) against whom a claim arising from that business may exist; (b) a person subject to examination by the commissioner; (c) an insurer who purports to do an insurance business in this state; (d) an insurer who has an insured who is resident in this state; and (e) in addition to Subsections (1)(a) through (d), a person doing business as follows: (i) under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; (ii) under Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; (iii) under Chapter 8a, Health Discount Program Consumer Protection Act; (iv) under Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals; (v) under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; (vi) under Chapter 15, Unauthorized Insurers, Surplus Lines, and Risk Retention Groups; (vii) as a bail bond surety company under Chapter 35, Bail Bond Act; (viii) under Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act; (ix) a title insurance company; (x) a prepaid health care delivery plan; and (xi) a person not described in Subsections (1)(e)(i) through (x) that is organized or doing insurance business, or in the process of organizing with the intent to do insurance business in this state. (2) Notwithstanding Sections 31A-1-301 and 31A-27a-102, this chapter does not apply to a person licensed by the insurance commissioner as one or more of the following in this state unless the person engages in the business of insurance as an insurer, is an affiliate as defined in Subsection 31A-1-301(5), or is a person under the control of an affiliate: (a) an insurance agency; (b) an insurance producer; (c) a limited line producer; (d) an insurance consultant; (e) a managing general agent; (f) reinsurance intermediary; (g) an individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer; (h) a third party administrator; (i) an insurance adjustor; (j) a life settlement provider; or (k) a life settlement producer.