Florida Senate - 2006            PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
    Bill No. SB 1078
                        Barcode 954432
    585-1281-06
    Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Governmental
    Oversight and Productivity
 1                      A bill to be entitled
 2         An act relating to a review under the Open
 3         Government Sunset Review Act regarding child
 4         support services; amending s. 61.1827, F.S.,
 5         which provides an exemption from public records
 6         requirements for information that reveals the
 7         identity of applicants for or recipients of
 8         child support services; making editorial
 9         changes; removing the scheduled repeal of the
10         exemption under the Open Government Sunset
11         Review Act; providing an effective date.
12  
13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14  
15         Section 1.  Section 61.1827, Florida Statutes, is
16  amended to read:
17         61.1827  Identifying information concerning applicants
18  for and recipients of child support services.--
19         (1)  Any information that reveals the identity of
20  applicants for or recipients of child support services,
21  including the name, address, and telephone number of such
22  persons, held by in the possession of a non-Title IV-D county
23  child support enforcement agency is confidential and exempt
24  from public disclosure pursuant to s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a)
25  of Art. I of the State Constitution. The use or disclosure of
26  such information by the non-Title IV-D county child support
27  enforcement agency is limited to the purposes directly
28  connected with:
29         (a)  Any investigation, prosecution, or criminal or
30  civil proceeding connected with the administration of any
31  non-Title IV-D county child support enforcement program;
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Florida Senate - 2006 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Bill No. SB 1078 Barcode 954432 585-1281-06 1 (b) Mandatory disclosure of identifying and location 2 information as provided in s. 61.13(8) by the non-Title IV-D 3 county child support enforcement agency when providing 4 non-Title IV-D services; or 5 (c) Mandatory disclosure of information as required by 6 ss. 409.2577, 61.181, 61.1825, and 61.1826 and Title IV-D of 7 the Social Security Act; or. 8 (d) Disclosure to an authorized person, as defined in 9 45 C.F.R. s. 303.15, for purposes of enforcing any state or 10 federal law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint 11 of a child or making or enforcing a child custody or 12 visitation determination. As used in this paragraph, the term 13 "authorized person" includes a noncustodial parent, unless a 14 court has entered an order under s. 741.30, s. 741.31, or s. 15 784.046. 16 (2) The non-Title IV-D county child support 17 enforcement agency shall not disclose information that 18 identifies by name and address an applicant for or recipient 19 of child support services or the whereabouts of such party or 20 child to another person against whom a protective order with 21 respect to the former party or the child has been entered if 22 the county agency has reason to believe that the release of 23 information to such person could result in physical or 24 emotional harm to the party or the child. 25 (3) As used in this section, "non-Title IV-D county 26 child support enforcement agency" means a department, 27 division, or other agency of a county government which is 28 operated by the county, excluding local depositories pursuant 29 to s. 61.181 operated by the clerk of the court, to provide 30 child support enforcement and depository services to county 31 residents. 2 1:45 PM 01/25/06 s1078p-go00-c8h
Florida Senate - 2006 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE Bill No. SB 1078 Barcode 954432 585-1281-06 1 (4) This section is subject to the Open Government 2 Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15 and 3 shall stand repealed on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and 4 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2006. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:45 PM 01/25/06 s1078p-go00-c8h