Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 7016
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Agriculture
       
       
       
       
       
       575-02459A-18                                         20187016__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 595.409, F.S., relating
    4         to an exemption from public record requirements for
    5         personal identifying information of an applicant for
    6         or participant in a school food and nutrition service
    7         program; removing applicability of the exemption to
    8         such information held by the Department of Children
    9         and Families; removing the scheduled repeal of the
   10         exemption; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 595.409, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   16  read:
   17         595.409 Public records exemption.—
   18         (1) Personal identifying information of an applicant for or
   19  participant in a school food and nutrition service program, as
   20  defined in s. 595.402, held by the department, the Department of
   21  Children and Families, or the Department of Education is exempt
   22  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   23  Constitution.
   24         (2)(a) Such information shall be disclosed to:
   25         1. Another governmental entity in the performance of its
   26  official duties and responsibilities; or
   27         2. Any person who has the written consent of the applicant
   28  for or participant in such program.
   29         (b) This section does not prohibit a participant’s legal
   30  guardian from obtaining confirmation of acceptance and approval,
   31  dates of applicability, or other information the legal guardian
   32  may request.
   33         (3) This exemption applies to any information identifying a
   34  program applicant or participant held by the department, the
   35  Department of Children and Families, or the Department of
   36  Education before, on, or after the effective date of this
   37  exemption.
   38         (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   39  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   40  on October 2, 2018, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   41  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.