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House Bill 1613




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1613

        By Representative Dawson-White






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; providing an exemption from the

  4         public records law for certain records

  5         furnished pursuant to certain housing

  6         assistance programs; providing for future

  7         review and repeal of the exemption; providing a

  8         statement of public necessity; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (bb) is added to subsection (3)

14  of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, to read:

15         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

16  records; exemptions.--

17         (3)

18         (bb)1.  Medical history records, bank account numbers,

19  credit card numbers, telephone numbers, and information

20  related to health or property insurance furnished by an

21  individual to any agency pursuant to federal, state, or local

22  housing assistance programs are exempt from the provisions of

23  subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

24  Any other information produced or received by any private or

25  public entity in direct connection with federal, state, or

26  local housing assistance programs, unless the subject of

27  another federal or state exemption, is subject to subsection

28  (1).

29         2.  Governmental agencies or their agents are entitled

30  to access to the records specified in this paragraph for the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1613

    507-150A-97






  1  purposes of auditing federal, state, or local housing programs

  2  or housing assistance programs.

  3         3.  This paragraph is repealed effective October 2,

  4  2002, and must be reviewed by the Legislature before that date

  5  in accordance with s. 119.15, the Open Government Sunset

  6  Review Act of 1995.

  7         Section 2.  The Legislature finds it is a public

  8  necessity that medical history records, bank account numbers,

  9  credit card numbers, telephone numbers, and information

10  related to health or property insurance furnished to a housing

11  assistance program be held confidential and exempt from public

12  records requirements because revealing such information could

13  create the opportunity for fraud and is an unnecessary

14  intrusion into the personal affairs of the program

15  participants.

16         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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19                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides an exemption from the public records law for
21    certain records furnished pursuant to certain housing
      assistance programs.  Provides for future review and
22    repeal.

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