Florida Senate - 2020                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7034
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Criminal Justice
       
       
       
       
       
       591-01439-20                                          20207034pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 409.1678, F.S.;
    4         abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions relating
    5         to location information of specified places that serve
    6         child victims of commercial sexual exploitation;
    7         amending s. 787.06, F.S.; abrogating the scheduled
    8         repeal of provisions relating to location information
    9         of residential facilities that offer services for
   10         certain victims of human trafficking; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 409.1678, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         409.1678 Specialized residential options for children who
   18  are victims of commercial sexual exploitation.—
   19         (6) LOCATION INFORMATION.—
   20         (a) Information about the location of a safe house, safe
   21  foster home, or other residential facility serving child victims
   22  of commercial sexual exploitation, as defined in s. 409.016,
   23  which is held by an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, is
   24  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   25  of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such
   26  confidential and exempt information held by an agency before,
   27  on, or after the effective date of the exemption.
   28         (b) Information about the location of a safe house, safe
   29  foster home, or other residential facility serving child victims
   30  of commercial sexual exploitation, as defined in s. 409.016, may
   31  be provided to an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, as necessary
   32  to maintain health and safety standards and to address emergency
   33  situations in the safe house, safe foster home, or other
   34  residential facility.
   35         (c) The exemptions from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   36  of the State Constitution provided in this subsection do not
   37  apply to facilities licensed by the Agency for Health Care
   38  Administration.
   39         (d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   40  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   41  repealed on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from
   42  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   43         Section 2. Subsection (10) of section 787.06, Florida
   44  Statutes, is amended to read:
   45         787.06 Human trafficking.—
   46         (10)(a) Information about the location of a residential
   47  facility offering services for adult victims of human
   48  trafficking involving commercial sexual activity, which is held
   49  by an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, is confidential and
   50  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   51  Constitution. This exemption applies to such confidential and
   52  exempt information held by an agency before, on, or after the
   53  effective date of the exemption.
   54         (b) Information about the location of a residential
   55  facility offering services for adult victims of human
   56  trafficking involving commercial sexual activity may be provided
   57  to an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, as necessary to maintain
   58  health and safety standards and to address emergency situations
   59  in the residential facility.
   60         (c) The exemptions from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   61  of the State Constitution provided in this subsection do not
   62  apply to facilities licensed by the Agency for Health Care
   63  Administration.
   64         (d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   65  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   66  repealed on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from
   67  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   68         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.