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"Street medicine" refers to health care that licensed providers deliver directly to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in places like parks, vehicles, encampments, or other outdoor settings, rather than in a clinic or shelter. This bill would create a formal legal framework for this practice, requiring anyone providing street medicine to hold any applicable professional license under Utah's occupational licensing laws, and it would explicitly allow street medicine providers to dispense and administer long-acting injectable medications. It would also direct the Department of Health and Human Services to work with organizations already doing this work to publish guidelines, standards, and best practices by July 1, 2026, covering topics like Medicaid reimbursement procedures and available community resources for people experiencing homelessness. Additionally, the bill would give the department authority to create rules allowing street medicine providers to share and receive health information through the state's Homeless Management Information System.