House Bill hb1067

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1067

        By the Committee on Health Promotion and Representative
    Littlefield





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         383.51, F.S.; providing an exemption from

  4         public records requirements for information

  5         that identifies a parent who leaves a newborn

  6         infant at an emergency medical services

  7         station; providing an exception; providing for

  8         future review and repeal; providing a finding

  9         of public necessity; providing an effective

10         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 383.51, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         383.51  Confidentiality; identification of parent

17  leaving newborn infant at hospital, emergency medical services

18  station, or fire station.--The identity of a parent who leaves

19  a newborn infant at a hospital, emergency medical services

20  station, or a fire station in accordance with s. 383.50 is

21  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1)

22  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The identity

23  of a parent leaving a child shall be disclosed to a person

24  claiming to be a parent of the newborn infant. This section is

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

26  accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October

27  2, 2005, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through

28  reenactment by the Legislature.

29         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the preservation

30  of anonymity and confidentiality of parents who leave newborn

31  infants at emergency medical services stations is a public

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1067

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  1  necessity in order to encourage parents to leave infants

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

  3  The Legislature further finds that the public policy provided

  4  for in the creation of s. 383.50, Florida Statutes, will be

  5  served if the anonymity and confidentiality of parents who

  6  leave newborns at emergency medical services stations is

  7  maintained.

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

  9  law.

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      Provides an exemption from public records requirements
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      newborn infant at an emergency medical services station.
15    Provides an exception to allow disclosure to a person
      claiming to be a parent of the infant. Provides for
16    future review and repeal.

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