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Utah's rules for private probation providers—companies that supervise people on probation, often for a fee—currently bar a licensed provider from also charging a defendant for other services like mental health therapy, education, or rehabilitation, except when no other qualifying provider is within 50 miles and the defendant gives written informed consent. This bill updates the terminology used in that rule, replacing "licensee" with "human services program," and clarifies that a probation provider cannot simultaneously supervise a defendant and receive compensation for other services from a human services program. It also strengthens oversight by requiring the state licensing division to revoke the license of any private probation provider that violates this rule, and it makes other technical adjustments, such as requiring monthly reports to county sheriffs to comply with federal health privacy law (HIPAA) and requiring providers to follow court orders from any court with jurisdiction over a case.