§ 53-2d-203 — Data collection.

Utah § 53-2d-203

• Jurisdiction: Utah
• Title 53: Public Safety Code
• Ch. 53-2d: Emergency Medical Services Act
• Part 53-2d-2: Programs, Plans, and Duties

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(1) As used in this section:
(1)(a) "Clinical health information" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-411.
(1)(b) "Electronic exchange" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-411.
(1)(c) "Emergency medical service provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101.
(1)(d) "Emergency medical services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2d-101.
(1)(e) "Qualified network" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-411.
(2) The bureau shall specify the information that shall be collected for the emergency medical services data system established pursuant to Subsection (3).
(3) (3)(a) The bureau shall establish an emergency medical services data system, which shall provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of information, as defined by the bureau, relating to the response, treatment, and care of patients who use or have used the emergency medical services system.
(3)(b) The bureau shall coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services, to create a report of data collected by the Department of Health and Human Services under Section 26B-8-504 regarding:
(3)(b)(i) appropriate analytical methods;
(3)(b)(ii) the total amount of air ambulance flight charges in the state for a one-year period; and
(3)(b)(iii) of the total number of flights in a one-year period under Subsection (3)(b)(ii):
(3)(b)(iii)(A) the number of flights for which a patient had no personal responsibility for paying part of the flight charges;
(3)(b)(iii)(B) the number of flights for which a patient had personal responsibility to pay all or part of the flight charges;
(3)(b)(iii)(C) the range of flight charges for which patients had personal responsibility under Subsection (3)(b)(iii)(B), including the median amount for paid patient personal responsibility; and
(3)(b)(iii)(D) the name of any air ambulance provider that received a median paid amount for patient responsibility in excess of the median amount for all paid patient personal responsibility during the reporting year.
(3)(c) The bureau may share, within the department, information from the emergency medical services data system that:
(3)(c)(i) relates to traffic incidents; and
(3)(c)(ii) is for the improvement of traffic and public safety.
(3)(d) Information shared under Subsection (3)(c) may not be used for the prosecution of criminal matters.
(3)(e) Subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended:
(3)(e)(i) the bureau may submit clinical health information about a patient, to a qualified network, via electronic exchange of clinical health information, if:
(3)(e)(i)(A) the electronic exchange of clinical health information meets the standards established by the Department of Health and Human Services under Section 26B-8-411; and
(3)(e)(i)(B) the clinical health information was collected by an emergency medical service provider performing emergency medical services for the provider's patient;
(3)(e)(ii) in connection with providing emergency medical services to a patient, an emergency medical service provider may, through electronic exchange, access the patient's clinical health information that is pertinent to the emergency medical services provided; and
(3)(e)(iii) an emergency medical service provider may use clinical health information only to provide and improve the quality of the emergency medical service provider's services.
(4) (4)(a) On or before October 1, the bureau shall make the information in Subsection (3)(b) public and send the information in Subsection (3)(b) to public safety dispatchers and first responders in the state.
(4)(b) Before making the information in Subsection (3)(b) public, the bureau shall provide the air ambulance providers named in the report with the opportunity to respond to the accuracy of the information in the report under Section 26B-8-506.
(5) Persons providing emergency medical services:
(5)(a) shall provide information to the bureau for the emergency medical services data system established pursuant to Subsection (3)(a);
(5)(b) are not required to provide information to the bureau under Subsection (3)(b); and
(5)(c) may provide information to the bureau under Subsection (3)(b) or (4)(b).

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 340, 2025 General Session