Senate Bill sb1094c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1094

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senator Smith




    585-2051-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Blood Donor Protection

  3         Act; creating s. 381.0043, F.S.; providing a

  4         popular name; providing that no blood bank or

  5         subsidiary or affiliate thereof or employee or

  6         agent of a blood bank or subsidiary or

  7         affiliate thereof may be compelled to disclose

  8         the identity or identifying characteristics of

  9         any person who donates blood or any blood

10         components; providing an exception; providing

11         an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 381.0043, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         381.0043  Blood Donor Protection Act; blood and blood

18  component donors; confidentiality.--

19         (1)  This section may be cited as the "Blood Donor

20  Protection Act."

21         (2)  A blood bank, a subsidiary or affiliate of a blood

22  bank, an employee or agent of a blood bank, or a subsidiary or

23  affiliate of an agent or employee of a blood bank, may not be

24  compelled to disclose the identity or any identifying

25  characteristics of a person who donates blood or a blood

26  component.  This subsection does not apply if written consent

27  to disclose the donor's identity or any identifying

28  characteristics is obtained from the person who donates the

29  blood or blood component and does not preclude disclosure to a

30  local, state, or federal governmental public health authority

31  as required by law.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1094
    585-2051-05




 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 1094

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 6  Provides exception to prohibition for compelling a blood bank
    or its agent to disclose the identity or identifying
 7  characteristics of a person who donates blood. The prohibition
    does not apply if written consent is obtained from the donor.
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    Also clarifies that prohibition does not preclude disclosure
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    authority as required by law.
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