UtahUtah requires guidance for street medicine providers
The Utah health department must publish guidance for street medicine providers, including Medicaid payment procedures and community resources, after consulting organizations already doing this work.
What it does
The state health department must publish guidance for street medicine providers, with input from organizations already doing this work. It must cover Medicaid payment and community resources for people experiencing homelessness.
Street medicine providers may give long-acting injectable medicine under the state's rules. They must hold any professional license required for the work they do.
The health department may make rules allowing it and street medicine providers to share certain health information with Utah's homelessness information system.
Argument forGuidance on Medicaid billing and community services could help street medicine providers connect people without stable shelter to care and support.
Argument againstSharing health information with the state homelessness system could worry people who receive care outside clinics and shelters.
More detail
The Department of Health and Human Services must develop and publish guidance for street medicine providers. Street medicine is health care from a licensed provider who visits someone experiencing unsheltered homelessness outside a health facility, clinic, or shelter. The department must get input from organizations currently providing street medicine. The guidance must include recommended procedures for Medicaid coverage and payment, and information about available community resources for people experiencing homelessness. The guidance was due by July 1, 2026. The law took effect May 6, 2026.
A street medicine provider may dispense and give a long-acting injectable medicine. Street medicine serves people experiencing unsheltered homelessness through visits outside a health facility, clinic, or shelter. The provider must follow the rules in Utah Code Section 58-88-202. A person providing street medicine may not do work that requires a professional license unless they hold the required license. The law took effect May 6, 2026.
The department may make rules allowing it and street medicine providers to share certain health information with Utah's Homeless Management Information System. The information system is Utah's Homeless Management Information System. The department may make these rules under Utah's administrative rulemaking law; the text does not require it to do so. The law took effect May 6, 2026.
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History
- 2026
- Mar 24Governor Spencer Cox SignedBecame Law
- Mar 11House/ to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 11House/ received enrolled bill from PrintingMinor
- Mar 4House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Mar 4Enrolled Bill Returned to House or SenateMinor
- Mar 3Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- Mar 3Bill Received from House for EnrollingMinor
- Feb 27House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrollingMajor
- Vote recorded Senate/ passed 3rd reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27House/ received from SenateMinor
- Feb 27Senate/ to House
- Feb 27Senate/ signed by President/ returned to HouseMajor
- Feb 27Senate/ passed 3rd readingPassed Senate
- Feb 27Senate/ 3rd readingMinor
- Feb 26Senate/ passed 2nd readingMinor
- Vote recorded Senate/ passed 2nd reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Senate/ 2nd readingMinor
- Feb 25Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 25Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]Minor
- Feb 24Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]Minor
- Feb 20Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Health and Human Services Committee]Minor
- Feb 19Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)Minor
- Feb 18Senate/ received from HouseMinor
- Vote recorded House/ passed 3rd reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18House/ to Senate
- Feb 18House/ passed 3rd readingPassed House
- Feb 18House/ 3rd readingMinor
- Feb 11LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0339S01
- Feb 11LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0339S01
- Feb 10House/ 2nd readingMinor
- Feb 10House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Health and Human Services Committee]
- Feb 9House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]Minor
- Feb 9House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Health and Human Services Committee]Major
- Feb 9LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0339S01
- Feb 9LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0339S01
- Feb 6House/ to standing committee [House Health and Human Services Committee]Minor
- Jan 27House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal AnalystMinor
- Jan 27LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0339
- Jan 27LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0339
- Jan 23House/ 1st reading (Introduced)Minor
- Jan 23House/ received bill from Legislative ResearchMinor
- Jan 22LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0339
- Jan 22LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0339
- Jan 22Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 22Bill Numbered but not DistributedIntroduced
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