Section 301 – Utah Health Workforce Information Center.

• (1) There is created within the department the Utah Health Workforce Information Center.

• (2) The information center shall:
  • (a) under the guidance of the council, work with the Department of Commerce to collect data described in Section 58-1-112;
  • (b) analyze data from any available source regarding Utah’s health workforce including data collected by the Department of Commerce under Section 58-1-112;
  • (c) send a report to the council regarding any analysis of health workforce data;
  • (d) conduct research on Utah’s health workforce as directed by the council;
  • (e) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 35A-4-312(3), receive information obtained by the Department of Workforce Services under the provisions of Section 35A-4-312 for purposes consistent with the information center’s duties, including identifying changes in Utah’s health workforce numbers, types, and geographic distribution;
  • (f) project the demand for individuals to enter health care professions, including the nursing profession in accordance with Section 53B-26-202;
  • (g) subject to Section 26-3-7, share data with any appropriate person as determined by the information center; and
  • (h) conduct research and provide analysis for any state agency as approved by the executive director or the executive director’s designee.

• (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the information center is authorized to obtain data from any state agency if:
  • (a) the council and the information center deem receiving the data necessary to perform a duty listed under Subsection (2) or 26-69-202(1); and
  • (b) the information center’s access to the data will not:
    • (i) violate any federal statute or federal regulation; or
    • (ii) violate a condition a state agency must follow:
      • (A) to participate in a federal program; or
      • (B) to receive federal funds.

Enacted by Chapter 224, 2022 General Session