Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB255: Health Care Sharing Ministry Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses disclosure requirements for a health care sharing ministry.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 9, 2026:
0 Health Care Sharing Ministry Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott Senate Sponsor: Daniel McCay LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses disclosure requirements for a health care sharing ministry. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires a health care sharing ministry to include a notice informing consumers that the health care sharing ministry is not health insurance and is not obligated to pay medical bills. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 31A-1-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 175, 187 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 31A-1-103 is amended to read: 31A-1-103 . Scope and applicability of title. (1) This title does not apply to: (a) a retainer contract made by an attorney-at-law: (i) with an individual client; and (ii) under which fees are based on estimates of the nature and amount of services to be provided to the specific client; (b) a contract similar to a contract described in Subsection (1)(a) made with a group of clients involved in the same or closely related legal matters; (c) an arrangement for providing benefits that do not exceed a limited amount of consultations, advice on simple legal matters, either alone or in combination with …
Sponsors
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57) · primary sponsor
- Daniel McCay (R, 18)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ amended
- : Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- : Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Votes
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 18, 2026): 65 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 9, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 9, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Business, Health and Human Services, Insurance
Common questions
- What is HB255?
- HB255 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Health Care Sharing Ministry Amendments.
- What does HB255 do?
- This bill addresses disclosure requirements for a health care sharing ministry.
- What is the status of HB255?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB255?
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB255?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0255.html
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