HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1903

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Family Law & Children offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause,

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.    Information that identifies a parent who

18  leaves a newborn infant with a hospital or a fire station in

19  accordance with s. 383.50, Florida Statutes, is confidential

20  and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1), Florida

21  Statutes, and s. 24(a) of Art. I of the State Constitution.

22  The identity of a parent leaving a child shall be disclosed to

23  a person claiming to be a parent of the newborn infant.  This

24  section is subject to the Open Government Review Act of 1995

25  in accordance with s. 119.15, Florida Statutes, and shall

26  stand repealed on October 2, 2005, unless reviewed and saved

27  from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

28         Section 2.    The Legislature finds that the

29  preservation of anonymity and confidentiality of parents who

30  leave newborn infants with hospitals or fire stations is a

31  public necessity, as it will encourage such parents to leave

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1903

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  infants safely and thus protect the life and health of those

 2  infants.  The Legislature further finds that the public policy

 3  enunciated for the creation of s. 383.50, Florida Statutes,

 4  will be served if the anonymity of parents who leave newborns

 5  with hospitals can be maintained.

 6         Section 3.    This act shall take on the same date that

 7  HB 1901 or similar legislation takes effect if such

 8  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an

 9  extension thereof and becomes law.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 1, lines 2 through 8,

15  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         An act relating to public records; providing an

19         exemption from public records requirements for

20         information that identifies parents who leave

21         newborn infants at hospitals or fire stations

22         from public records requirements; providing for

23         disclosure of information to person claiming to

24         be parent of newborn; providing a finding of

25         public necessity; providing a contingent

26         effective date.

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