House Bill 0811e1

                                           HB 811, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child protective team

  3         services; amending s. 39.202, F.S.; authorizing

  4         the sharing of otherwise confidential

  5         information with health plan payors for

  6         purposes of reimbursement for child protection

  7         team services; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 39.202, Florida

12  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

13         39.202  Confidentiality of reports and records in cases

14  of child abuse or neglect.--

15         (5)  All records and reports of the child protection

16  team of the Department of Health are confidential and exempt

17  from the provisions of ss. 119.07(1) and 455.667, and shall

18  not be disclosed, except, upon request, to the state attorney,

19  law enforcement, the department, and necessary professionals,

20  in furtherance of the treatment or additional evaluative needs

21  of the child, or by order of the court, or to health plan

22  payors, limited to that information used for insurance

23  reimbursement purposes.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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