Senate Bill sb1734

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1734

    By Senator Rossin





    35-1266-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; creating s.

  3         458.353, F.S.; providing an exemption from the

  4         public-records requirements for records that

  5         reveal personal, financial, or medical

  6         information concerning insureds and consumers

  7         which is in the possession of the Department of

  8         Insurance; providing for future review and

  9         repeal; providing findings of public necessity;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 627.3111, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         627.3111  Privacy of insured; records.--

17         (1)  Any records of the department which are public

18  records that contain financial or patient records concerning

19  an insured or consumer may be redacted by the department prior

20  to release so that the privacy of the insured or consumer is

21  preserved, and any portions of such reports which reveal the

22  identity, home or employment telephone number, home or

23  employment address, or other personal information concerning

24  the insured are exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and

25  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption is

26  subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in

27  accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October

28  1, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through

29  reenactment by the Legislature.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1734
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  1         (2)  This exemption does not apply with respect to

  2  records of an insured or other consumer who is the subject of

  3  a criminal investigation.

  4         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that there is a

  5  public necessity that portions of records which reveal

  6  personal, financial, or medical information concerning

  7  insureds and other consumers be withheld from public

  8  inspection or disclosure to protect the privacy of those

  9  insureds or consumers.

10         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

11  law.

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15    Exempts from the public-records requirements records in
      the possession of the Department of Insurance which
16    reveal personal, financial, or medical information
      concerning insureds or consumers. Provides for future
17    review and repeal. Provides a finding of public
      necessity.
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