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Utah law already prohibits employers from charging job applicants or employees for required medical exams, but it has lacked clear tools to enforce that rule. This bill would strengthen those protections by explicitly barring employers from requiring individuals to pay for a medical exam—including drug tests—even if the employer later reimburses them, and by requiring employers to pay health care providers directly instead. It would also newly require that exams employers mandate outside an employee's regular shift be paid time, and would prohibit employers from forcing employees to use their own leave to attend a required exam. To enforce these rules, the bill would let workers file a claim with the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor within one year of paying for an exam, giving the division power to order repayment and impose daily penalties on violating employers (up to 5% of the cost, for up to 20 days), split between the state and the worker; the Labor Commission would also gain authority to issue related rules, and violations would remain a class B misdemeanor.