| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to a review under the Open Government |
| 3 | Sunset Review Act regarding the Florida Putative Father |
| 4 | Registry; amending s. 63.0541, F.S., which provides a |
| 5 | public records exemption for all information contained in |
| 6 | the Florida Putative Father Registry; providing an |
| 7 | additional exception to the exemption for a birth mother |
| 8 | identified in a registry entry; removing superfluous |
| 9 | language; repealing s. 2, ch. 2003-56, Laws of Florida, |
| 10 | which provides for repeal of the exemption; providing an |
| 11 | 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 63.0541, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 63.0541 Public records exemption for the Florida Putative |
| 18 | Father Registry.-- |
| 19 | (1) All information contained in the Florida Putative |
| 20 | Father Registry and maintained by the Office of Vital Statistics |
| 21 | within the Department of Health is confidential and exempt from |
| 22 | public disclosure pursuant to s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I |
| 23 | of the State Constitution, except as otherwise provided in this |
| 24 | section. |
| 25 | (2) Information made confidential and exempt by this |
| 26 | section shall be disclosed to: |
| 27 | (a) An adoption entity, upon the filing of a request for a |
| 28 | diligent search of the Florida Putative Father Registry in |
| 29 | connection with the planned adoption of a child. |
| 30 | (b) The registrant unmarried biological father, upon |
| 31 | receipt of a notarized request for a copy of his registry entry |
| 32 | only. |
| 33 | (c) The birth mother, upon receipt of a notarized request |
| 34 | for a copy of any registry entry in which she is identified as |
| 35 | the birth mother. |
| 36 | (d) The court, upon issuance of a court order concerning a |
| 37 | petitioner acting pro se in an action under this chapter. |
| 38 | (3)(2) Except as set forth in subsection (1), The database |
| 39 | comprising the Florida Putative Father Registry shall remain |
| 40 | confidential and exempt and separate from all other databases in |
| 41 | this state, including any local or federal database. Such |
| 42 | database may not be accessed by any other state or federal |
| 43 | agency or entity. |
| 44 | Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 2003-56, Laws of Florida, |
| 45 | is repealed. |
| 46 | Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2008. |