Florida Senate - 2013                                      SB 60
       
       
       
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       11-00094-13                                             201360__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; amending s.
    3         119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public
    4         records requirements for certain identifying
    5         information of specific current and former personnel
    6         of the Department of Health and the spouses and
    7         children of such personnel, under specified
    8         circumstances; providing for future legislative review
    9         and repeal of the exemption under the Open Government
   10         Sunset Review Act; providing a statement of public
   11         necessity; providing an effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
   16  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
   18  public records.—
   19         (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
   20         (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “telephone
   21  numbers” includes home telephone numbers, personal cellular
   22  telephone numbers, personal pager telephone numbers, and
   23  telephone numbers associated with personal communications
   24  devices.
   25         2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, social security
   26  numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of active or former
   27  sworn or civilian law enforcement personnel, including
   28  correctional and correctional probation officers, personnel of
   29  the Department of Children and Families Family Services whose
   30  duties include the investigation of abuse, neglect,
   31  exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal activities,
   32  personnel of the Department of Health whose duties are to
   33  support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and
   34  personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments
   35  whose responsibilities include revenue collection and
   36  enforcement or child support enforcement; the home addresses,
   37  telephone numbers, social security numbers, photographs, dates
   38  of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children
   39  of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
   40  day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel
   41  are exempt from s. 119.07(1).
   42         b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   43  and photographs of firefighters certified in compliance with s.
   44  633.35; the home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs,
   45  dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
   46  children of such firefighters; and the names and locations of
   47  schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such
   48  firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1).
   49         c. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
   50  numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court,
   51  district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and
   52  county court judges; the home addresses, telephone numbers,
   53  dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
   54  children of current or former justices and judges; and the names
   55  and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   56  children of current or former justices and judges are exempt
   57  from s. 119.07(1).
   58         d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, social security
   59  numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
   60  state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
   61  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors; the home
   62  addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers,
   63  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
   64  spouses and children of current or former state attorneys,
   65  assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant
   66  statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools
   67  and day care facilities attended by the children of current or
   68  former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
   69  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from
   70  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   71         e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
   72  numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
   73  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
   74  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
   75  hearing officers; the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates
   76  of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children
   77  of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
   78  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
   79  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
   80  hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day
   81  care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates,
   82  special magistrates, judges of compensation claims,
   83  administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative
   84  Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are
   85  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   86  Constitution if the general magistrate, special magistrate,
   87  judge of compensation claims, administrative law judge of the
   88  Division of Administrative Hearings, or child support hearing
   89  officer provides a written statement that the general
   90  magistrate, special magistrate, judge of compensation claims,
   91  administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative
   92  Hearings, or child support hearing officer has made reasonable
   93  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
   94  through other means available to the public.
   95         f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   96  and photographs of current or former human resource, labor
   97  relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors,
   98  managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency
   99  or water management district whose duties include hiring and
  100  firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or
  101  other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,
  102  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  103  the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
  104  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  105  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
  106  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  107         g. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  108  and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;
  109  the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  110  and places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  111  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  112  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  113  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  114  Constitution.
  115         h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
  116  employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
  117  guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.820; the names, home
  118  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
  119  employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the
  120  names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
  121  by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
  122  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, if the guardian ad
  123  litem provides a written statement that the guardian ad litem
  124  has made reasonable efforts to protect such information from
  125  being accessible through other means available to the public.
  126         i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  127  and photographs of current or former juvenile probation
  128  officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention
  129  superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile
  130  justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention
  131  officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers,
  132  juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II,
  133  juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor
  134  supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior
  135  human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation
  136  therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of
  137  Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
  138  dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children
  139  of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
  140  day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel
  141  are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  142  Constitution.
  143         j. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  144  and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant
  145  public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel,
  146  and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the
  147  home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
  148  employment of the spouses and children of such defenders or
  149  counsel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  150  facilities attended by the children of such defenders or counsel
  151  are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  152  Constitution.
  153         k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs
  154  of current or former investigators or inspectors of the
  155  Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the names,
  156  home addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of
  157  the spouses and children of such current or former investigators
  158  and inspectors; and the names and locations of schools and day
  159  care facilities attended by the children of such current or
  160  former investigators and inspectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1)
  161  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution if the
  162  investigator or inspector has made reasonable efforts to protect
  163  such information from being accessible through other means
  164  available to the public. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the
  165  Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15
  166  and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and
  167  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  168         l. The home addresses and telephone numbers of county tax
  169  collectors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and
  170  places of employment of the spouses and children of such tax
  171  collectors; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  172  facilities attended by the children of such tax collectors are
  173  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  174  Constitution if the county tax collector has made reasonable
  175  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
  176  through other means available to the public. This sub
  177  subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
  178  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
  179  2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
  180  reenactment by the Legislature.
  181         m.The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs
  182  of current or former personnel of the Department of Health whose
  183  duties include or support the investigation and prosecution of
  184  complaints filed against health care practitioners or the
  185  inspection of practitioners or facilities licensed by the
  186  Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone
  187  numbers, and places of employment of the spouses and children of
  188  such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day
  189  care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are
  190  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  191  Constitution if the personnel have made reasonable efforts to
  192  protect such information from being accessible through other
  193  means available to the public.
  194         3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
  195  specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
  196  officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
  197  subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that
  198  information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
  199  person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
  200  written request for maintenance of the exemption to the
  201  custodial agency.
  202         4. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
  203  held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
  204  exemption.
  205         5.a.Sub-subparagraphs 2.a.-l. are This paragraph is
  206  subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance
  207  with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2017,
  208  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
  209  Legislature.
  210         b. Sub-subparagraph 2.m. is subject to the Open Government
  211  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
  212  repealed on October 2, 2018, unless reviewed and saved from
  213  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  214         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
  215  necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, and
  216  photographs of current or former personnel of the Department of
  217  Health whose duties include or support the investigation and
  218  prosecution of complaints filed against health care
  219  practitioners or the inspection of practitioners or facilities
  220  licensed by the Department of Health; that the names, home
  221  addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of the
  222  spouses and children of such personnel; and that the names and
  223  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  224  children of such personnel be made exempt from public record
  225  requirements. The Legislature finds that the release of such
  226  identifying and location information might place current or
  227  former personnel of the Department of Health whose duties
  228  include or support the investigation and prosecution of
  229  complaints filed against health care practitioners or the
  230  inspection of practitioners or facilities licensed by the
  231  Department of Health and their family members in danger of
  232  physical and emotional harm from disgruntled individuals who
  233  have contentious reactions to actions carried out by personnel
  234  of the Department of Health, or whose business or professional
  235  practices have come under the scrutiny of investigators and
  236  inspectors of the Department of Health. The Legislature further
  237  finds that the harm that may result from the release of such
  238  personal identifying and location information outweighs any
  239  public benefit that may be derived from the disclosure of the
  240  information.
  241         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.