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S.B. 222

Signed into Law

Right to Try Amendments

SB0222S02 (Substitute)

Rep. Tyler Clancy
Rep. Tyler ClancyFloor Sponsor
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S.B. 222Signed into Law

Right to Try Amendments

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What This Bill Does

This bill amends provisions related to when a patient may obtain and use investigational drugs and devices to treat an illness.

Key Provisions

This bill:

  • allows a patient to obtain an investigational drug or device in additional circumstances;
  • amends the definition regarding the forms a medicine may take; and
  • creates a reporting requirement for manufacturers.

Plain-Language Summary

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Utah's "Right to Try" law allows seriously ill patients to access experimental drugs and medical devices that have passed initial FDA safety testing but haven't yet received full approval. This bill expands that law in several ways: it creates a new category called "eligible illness" — meaning a severely debilitating condition where a doctor determines conventional treatments are unsatisfactory — so that patients with serious but non-terminal conditions can now also access investigational treatments; it broadens the definition of "terminal illness" to explicitly include cancer as diagnosed by a board-certified oncologist; it updates the list of allowable drug forms to include any liquid formulation (not just suspensions); and it requires manufacturers who provide investigational drugs or devices to Utah patients under the eligible illness category to report to a legislative committee on how many patients were treated, what conditions were treated, and any adverse outcomes.