Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB175: Health Insurance Revisions
Status: Signed into law, March 18, 2026
This bill amends provisions regarding autism insurance coverage.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 6, 2026:
0 Health Insurance Revisions 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Karen Kwan House Sponsor: Norman K Thurston LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions regarding autism insurance coverage. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; and - creates a reporting requirement. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 31A-22-642 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 415 63I-1-231 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 241, 473 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 31A-22-642 is amended to read: 31A-22-642 . Insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Applied behavior analysis" means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior. (b) "Autism spectrum disorder" means pervasive developmental disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). (c) "Behavioral health treatment" means counseling and treatment programs, including applied behavior analysis, that are: (i) necessary to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an individual; and (ii) provided …
Sponsors
- Karen Kwan (D, 12) · primary sponsor
- Norman Thurston (R, 62)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 4, 2026): 66 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 27, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation (February 27, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 22 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Business, Health Insurance, Health and Human Services, Health Care Professionals, Insurance Department, Mental Health Professionals, Insurance, Commercial Health Insurance\Managed Care Contracts
Common questions
- What is SB175?
- SB175 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Health Insurance Revisions.
- What does SB175 do?
- This bill amends provisions regarding autism insurance coverage.
- What is the status of SB175?
- Signed into law as of March 18, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB175?
- Karen Kwan (D, 12), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB175?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0175.html
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