Senate Bill sb0674
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Florida Senate - 2004 SB 674
By the Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care
317-694-04
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a review under the Open
3 Government Sunset Review Act; amending s.
4 400.945, F.S., relating to a public-records
5 exemption for information concerning patients
6 of a home medical equipment provider; saving
7 the exemption from repeal under the Open
8 Government Sunset Review Act; deleting
9 provisions that provide for the repeal of the
10 exemption; 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 400.945, Florida Statutes, is
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16 400.945 Public records exemption.--Medical and other
17 personal identifying information about patients of a home
18 medical equipment provider which is received by the licensing
19 agency through reports or inspection is confidential and
20 exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.
21 I of the State Constitution. This section is subject to the
22 Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with
23 s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2004, unless
24 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
25 Legislature.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2004.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Clarifies the exemption from the public records law for
information that identifies patients of a home medical
4 equipment provider. Removes the repeal of the exemption
scheduled on October 2, 2004, under the Open Government
5 Sunset Review Act.
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