HB 1735

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3	Sunset Review Act; amending s. 744.7081, F.S., which
4	provides a public records exemption for certain records
5	held by the Statewide Public Guardianship Office; removing
6	the October 2, 2004, repeal thereof scheduled under the
7	Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995; providing an
8	effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Section 744.7081, Florida Statutes, is amended
13	to read:
14	744.7081  Access to records by Statewide Public
15	Guardianship Office; confidentiality.--Notwithstanding any other
16	provision of law to the contrary, any medical, financial, or
17	mental health records held by an agency, or the court and its
18	agencies, which are necessary to evaluate the public
19	guardianship system, to assess the need for additional public
20	guardianship, or to develop required reports, shall be provided
21	to the Statewide Public Guardianship Office upon that office's
22	request. Any confidential or exempt information provided to the
23	Statewide Public Guardianship Office shall continue to be held
24	confidential or exempt as otherwise provided by law. All records
25	held by the Statewide Public Guardianship Office relating to the
26	medical, financial, or mental health of vulnerable adults as
27	defined in chapter 415, persons with a developmental disability
28	as defined in chapter 393, or persons with a mental illness as
29	defined in chapter 394, shall be confidential and exempt from s.
30	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
31	section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of
32	1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on
33	October 2, 2004, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
34	reenactment by the Legislature.
35	Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2004.

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