The Utah Office of Licensing (OL), under the Division of Licensing and Background Checks (DLBC) is sharing important information regarding recent statute updates from the 2026 General Legislative Session that may impact you as a provider or licensee.
Type of facility or program:
All licensed Human Services providers
Overview of Statute Update and Potential Impact
- Effective Wednesday, May 6, 2026, OL will begin enforcing newly enacted statutory requirements that impact specific licensed facilities or programs within the state.
- We strongly encourage you to carefully review the statutory language H.B. 472 Division of Licensing and Background Checks Amendments and proactively assess your facility’s current practices in relation to these new requirements, which will make technical and conforming changes, renumbers 26B-2-103, 26B-2-104, and clarifies the definition of an individual that is associated with a licensee.
- H.B. 472 clarifies a person providing Applied Behavior Analysis to clients as described in Subsection (14)(a) is presumed to be providing day treatment unless the person is able to demonstrate to the office that the services meet the definition of outpatient treatment described in Subsection (42). H.B. 472 makes critical incident reporting required across Human Services, Health Facilities and Child Care programs.
Next Steps for OL
- Recognizing that the full implementation of these new requirements will require updates to existing administrative rules and internal operational procedures within OL, a phased approach to assess compliance will be adopted during this interim period.
- Until the new rules and new procedural guidelines are developed, OL will evaluate facility compliance with these recent statutory additions or changes through our current OL inspections and statute language.
- The OL is working with the Patient Safety Surveillance and Improvement Program (PSSP) with the Office of Research & Evaluation, to eliminate potential reporting barriers.
Questions or Guidance
Please do not hesitate to contact your assigned licensor directly if you have questions, require clarification on specific aspects of the requirements, or need guidance on how these changes may affect your facility’s operations.
Understanding these changes is crucial for maintaining compliance and ensuring the health and safety of clients. OL is committed to providing the necessary support and resources to facilitate a smooth and effective transition to these new requirements.