Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB506: Assisted Living Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends provisions related to assisted living facilities.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 5, 2026:
0 Assisted Living Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Logan J. Monson Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions related to assisted living facilities. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - limits when an assisted living facility may discharge or transfer a resident; and - creates an appeals process for a resident to appeal the decision of an assisted living facility. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 26B-2-237.1 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 26B-2-237.1 is enacted to read: 26B-2-237.1 . Assisted living transfer. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Ombudsman" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-301 . (b) "Resident" means an individual who resides in an assisted living facility. (c) "Resident's representative" means an individual chosen by the resident to act on the resident's behalf, or a individual authorized under state law to act on behalf of the resident in order to support the resident in decision-making, access medical, social, or other personal information of the resident, manage financial matters, or receive notifications. (2) (a) A resident or the resident's representative may appeal an assisted living facility's decision to discharge or transfer the resident …
Sponsors
- Monson, Logan (R, 69) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : House/ to standing committee
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0506
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0506
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Health and Human Services, New Rulemaking Authority, Administrative Rulemaking, Department of Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB506?
- HB506 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Assisted Living Amendments.
- What does HB506 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to assisted living facilities.
- What is the status of HB506?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB506?
- Monson, Logan (R, 69).
- Where is the official record for HB506?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0506.html
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