Update Applicable to:	Effective Date
All Covered Entities	May 7, 2025: Law becomes Effective   September 1, 2025: Registration Portal Creation by The Division   January 1, 2026: Mandatory Registration

What happened?

On March 26, 2025, Governor Spencer J. Cox signed the Utah Senate Bill 0228 (SB0228) into law. This bill created a regulatory framework for health care services platforms, ensuring they operate under standardized guidelines.

Overview:

Health care services platforms are electronic systems that help healthcare workers find and accept short-term shifts at healthcare facilities. The law aims to streamline the process of finding temporary work, ensuring better staffing and service delivery in healthcare facilities.

Effective Dates

• May 7, 2025: The bill becomes law, setting the groundwork for the upcoming regulatory changes.

• September 1, 2025: The division must have the registration system in place, allowing platforms to start registering.

• January 1, 2026: Platforms must be registered to legally operate, ensuring compliance with the new regulations.

Platform Obligations

• Registration and Fees: Platforms must register with the division and pay applicable fees.

• Record Keeping: Platforms must retain records showing healthcare workers meet licensing, training, and continuing education standards, have passed background checks, and the platform maintains liability insurance.

• Compliance with Additional Rules: Platforms must meet the division’s additional requirements.

• Insurance Requirements: Platforms are required to maintain liability insurance, which provides an additional layer of protection for both workers and facilities.

Prohibited Actions

• Non-compete Agreements: Platforms cannot require health care workers to enter non-compete agreements.

• Compensation Restrictions: Platforms cannot accept fees from health care workers, providers, or facilities for employment offers.

• Shift Acceptance Restrictions: Platforms cannot restrict health care workers from accepting shifts or employment through other platforms or directly with providers or facilities.

Enforcement:

• The division may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, place conditions on, or suspend platform registrations for non-compliance.

Source References

• UT S.B. 228 Health Care Services Platforms

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