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SB 7048: Disclosure of Confidential Records

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Disclosure of Confidential Records; Requiring service providers to disclose information from a clinical record under certain circumstances relating to threats to cause seriously bodily injury or death; requiring, rather than authorizing, psychiatrists to disclose certain patient communications for purposes of notifying potential victims and law enforcement agencies of certain threats; requiring, rather than authorizing, psychologists to disclose certain patient and client communications for purposes of notifying potential victims and law enforcement agencies of certain threats; providing psychologists with immunity from specified liability and actions under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Infrastructure and Security (IS)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/12/2019 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/19/19, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    2/19/2019 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
    2/20/2019 Senate • Filed
    2/28/2019 Senate • Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Rules -SJ 148
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 148
    3/15/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 03/20/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/20/2019 Senate • Favorable by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 265
    3/21/2019 Senate • Now in Rules
    4/5/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/10/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    4/10/2019 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 342
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/15/2019 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19 -SJ 378
    4/17/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 377
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/23/2019 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 406
    • Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 406, 407
    4/23/2019 House • In Messages
    5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134)

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  • SB 7048, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2019 at 10:38 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Infrastructure and Security (Pre-Meeting) 3/19/2019 (pdf)
    Infrastructure and Security (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/9/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 361 (c2) Mental Health Silvers Compare Last Action: 5/1/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167), CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2019-51) -HJ 1097 Track This Bill
    S 1418 (er) Mental Health Powell Compare Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-134, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167) Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2019 4:00 PM Infrastructure and Security 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/10/2019 10:00 AM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/23/2019 11:43 AM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    394.4615 Clinical records; confidentiality. Page 2 (pdf)
    456.059 Communications confidential; exceptions. Page 3 (pdf)
    490.009 Discipline. Page 7 (pdf)
    490.0147 Confidentiality and privileged communications. Page 4 (pdf)
    491.009 Discipline. Page 7 (pdf)
    491.0147 Confidentiality and privileged communications. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SPB 7048, Proposed Bill Posted 2/12/2019 at 5:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2019 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    897740 - Amendment
    Delete lines 103 - 111 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Book)     		2/18/2019
    12:36 PM     		Favorable
    2/19/2019     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/19/2019 12:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

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