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Utah law already requires police to report suspected clandestine drug lab sites to local health departments, and this bill would expand that requirement to also cover "lodging establishments" — a defined term covering hotels, motels, and similar businesses — when officers have reason to believe part of the property is contaminated by methamphetamine or fentanyl, provided officers have also directly observed the drug or related paraphernalia (or obtained an admission from someone connected to the property) and have a positive surface drug test. It would create a new, standalone section of law formally requiring local health departments to review these law enforcement reports, determine whether contamination exists, add confirmed properties to a public contamination list, and remove properties from that list only after verified cleanup. The bill would also move the state's rulemaking authority for decontamination standards, testing methods, and best practices from the Department of Health and Human Services' general authority into a more detailed, specific directive within that same department, while keeping certification standards for decontamination specialists under the Department of Environmental Quality's Waste Management and Radiation Control Board.