| 1 | The Civil Justice Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the Blood Donor Protection Act; |
| 8 | creating s. 381.0043, F.S.; providing a popular name; |
| 9 | providing that no blood bank or subsidiary or affiliate |
| 10 | thereof or employee or agent of a blood bank or subsidiary |
| 11 | or affiliate thereof may be compelled to disclose the |
| 12 | identity or identifying characteristics of any person who |
| 13 | donates blood or any blood components; providing an |
| 14 | exception; providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 381.0043, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 381.0043 Blood Donor Protection Act; blood and blood |
| 21 | component donors; confidentiality.-- |
| 22 | (1) This section may be cited as the "Blood Donor |
| 23 | Protection Act." |
| 24 | (2) No blood bank or subsidiary or affiliate thereof or |
| 25 | employee or agent of a blood bank or subsidiary or affiliate |
| 26 | thereof may be compelled to disclose the identity or identifying |
| 27 | characteristics of any person who donates blood or any blood |
| 28 | components. This subsection shall not apply if written consent |
| 29 | to disclose the donor's identity or any identifying |
| 30 | characteristics is obtained from the individual donating blood |
| 31 | or blood components and shall not apply to preclude disclosure |
| 32 | to any local, state, or federal governmental public health |
| 33 | authority as required by law. |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |