Senate Bill 2082e2

    SB 2082                                 Second Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; exempting

  3         information that identifies parents who leave

  4         newborn infants at hospitals from public

  5         records requirements; providing legislative

  6         findings; providing a contingent effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  The identity of a parent who leaves a

12  newborn infant at a hospital or a fire station in accordance

13  with section 383.50, Florida Statutes, is confidential and

14  exempt from the provisions of section 119.07(1), Florida

15  Statutes, and Section 24(a) of Article I of the State

16  Constitution. The identity of a parent leaving a child shall

17  be disclosed to a person claiming to be a parent of the

18  newborn infant. This section is subject to the Open Government

19  Review Act of 1995 in accordance with section 119.15, Florida

20  Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2005, unless

21  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

22  Legislature.

23         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the preservation

24  of anonymity and confidentiality of parents who leave newborn

25  infants with hospitals will encourage parents to leave infants

26  safely and thus protect the life and health of those infants.

27  The Legislature further finds that the public policy

28  enunciated for the creation of section 383.50, Florida

29  Statutes, will be served if the anonymity of parents who leave

30  newborns with hospitals can be maintained.

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    SB 2082                                 Second Engrossed (ntc)



  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000,

  2  but it shall not take effect unless Committee Substitute for

  3  Senate Bill 2080 or similar legislation creating section

  4  383.50, Florida Statutes, relating to leaving newborn infants

  5  at hospitals is enacted at the 2000 Regular Session or an

  6  extension thereof.

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