2023 Utah Code › Title 53B - State System of Higher Education › Chapter 33 - Utah Data Research Center › Part 3 - Data Research Program › Section 302 - Data research requests.

Effective 7/1/2022
53B-33-302.
Data research requests.
(1) The center shall use data that the center maintains or that a participating entity contributes to the data research program under Section 53B-33-301 to conduct research for the purpose of developing public policy for the state.
(2) The director, with consultation by the advisory board, shall create a prioritized list of data research for the center to conduct using the data research program each year.
(3)
(a) In developing the list described in Subsection (2), the center shall accept data research requests from:
(i) a legislative committee or a legislative staff office;
(ii) the governor or an executive branch agency;
(iii) the State Board of Education; and
(iv) the board.
(b) The center shall report the list described in Subsection (2) to the Education Interim Committee before December 1 of each year.
(4) In addition to conducting data research in accordance with the prioritized list described in Subsection (2), the center may use additional resources to prepare data research at the request of:
(a) a state government entity;
(b) a political subdivision of the state;
(c) a private entity; or
(d) a member of the public.
(5) The director, with approval by the advisory board, shall determine, for a data research request described in Subsection (4):
(a) whether the center has the resources to complete the data research request;
(b) the order in which the center shall complete the data research request, if at all; and
(c) a reasonable estimated cost for the request.
(6) The center, after evaluating a request under Subsection (5), shall:
(a) provide the person that requested the data research with a cost estimate; and
(b) require, before accepting a data research request, that the person that submitted the data research request agree to pay, once the data research is complete, the full cost of completing the data research request as determined by the center under Subsection (5).
(7) The center shall make available to the public, on a website maintained by the center, any data research request that the center completes under this section.
(8) The center shall ensure that any data contained in a completed data research request is de-identified.
(9) The center shall:
(a) establish, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act:
(i) procedures for submitting a data research request under this section;
(ii) criteria to determine how to prioritize data research requests; and
(iii) minimum standards for information a person is required to include in a data research request; and
(b) create a fee schedule in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 for completing a data research request.
(10) In addition to submitting a data research request under Subsection (4), a participating entity, executive branch agency, or legislative staff office may request, and the center may release, a data set from the data research program if the data set is:
(a) connected;
(b) aggregated; and
(c) de-identified.
(11)
(a) The center shall use any fee the center collects under this section to cover the center's costs to administer this chapter.
(b) The center shall deposit any fee the center collects under this section not used to cover the center's costs into the General Fund.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 461, 2022 General Session