(1)  As used in this section:

Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-22-634

  • Administrator: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (182). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
(a) a professional service;
(b) a personal service;
(c) a facility;
(d) equipment;
(e) a device;
(f) supplies; or
(g) medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insurance: includes :
    (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
    (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
    (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Security: means a:
    (i) note;
    (ii) stock;
    (iii) bond;
    (iv) debenture;
    (v) evidence of indebtedness;
    (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
    (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (ix) transferable share;
    (x) investment contract;
    (xi) voting trust certificate;
    (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
    (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
    (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (a)  “Insurer” means:

    (i)  insurers governed by this part as described in Section 31A-22-600, and includes:

    (A)  a health maintenance organization; and

    (B)  a third-party administrator that is subject to this title; and

    (ii)  notwithstanding Subsection 31A-1-103(3)(f) and Section 31A-22-600, a health, dental, medical, Medicare supplement, or conversion program offered under Title 49, Chapter 20, Public Employees’ Benefit and Insurance Program Act.

    (b)  “Publicly display” or “publicly post” means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.
  • (2)  An insurer or its subcontractors, including a pharmacy benefit manager, may not do any of the following:

    (a)  publicly display or publicly post in any manner an individual‘s Social Security number; or

    (b)  print an individual’s Social Security number on any card required for the individual to access products or services provided or covered by the insurer.

    (3)  This section does not prevent the collection, use, or release of a Social Security number as required by state or federal law, or the use of a Social Security number for internal verification or administrative purposes, or the release of a Social Security number to a health care provider for claims administration purposes, or as part of the verification, eligibility, or payment process.

    (4)  If a federal law takes effect requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national unique patient health identifier program, an insurer that complies with the federal law shall be considered in compliance with this section.

    (5)  An insurer shall comply with the provisions of this section by July 1, 2004.

    (6) 

    (a)  An insurer may obtain an extension for compliance with the requirements of this section in accordance with Subsections (6)(b) and (c).

    (b)  The request for extension:

    (i)  shall be submitted in writing to the department prior to July 1, 2004; and

    (ii)  shall provide an explanation as to why the insurer cannot comply with the requirements of this section by July 1, 2004.

    (c)  The commissioner shall grant a request for extension:

    (i)  for a period of time not to exceed March 1, 2005; and

    (ii)  if the commissioner finds that the explanation provided under Subsection (6)(b)(ii) is a reasonable explanation.

    Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session