Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 270
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/03/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Storms) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
    6  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
    8  public records.—
    9         (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
   10         (b)1. Medical information pertaining to a prospective,
   11  current, or former officer or employee of an agency which, if
   12  disclosed, would identify that officer or employee is exempt
   13  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   14  Constitution. However, such information may be disclosed if the
   15  person to whom the information pertains or the person's legal
   16  representative provides written permission or pursuant to court
   17  order.
   18         2.a. Personal identifying information of a dependent child
   19  of a current or former officer or employee of an agency, which
   20  dependent is insured by an agency group insurance plan, is
   21  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   22  Constitution. For purposes of this exemption, "dependent child"
   23  means the same as in s. 409.2554.
   24         b. This exemption is remedial in nature and applies to
   25  personal identifying information held by an agency before, on,
   26  or after the effective date of this exemption.
   27         c. This subparagraph is subject to the Open Government
   28  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   29  repealed on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from
   30  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   32  necessity that personal identifying information of a dependent
   33  child of a current or former officer or employee of an agency,
   34  which dependent child is insured by an agency group insurance
   35  plan, be made exempt from public-records requirements. Personal
   36  identifying information of an agency employee is and should
   37  remain available to the public because such employee works for
   38  the public. The Legislature notes that the existence of the
   39  World Wide Web and the proliferation of personal computers
   40  throughout the world encourages and promotes the wide
   41  dissemination of information 24 hours a day and that such
   42  widespread unauthorized dissemination of personal identifying
   43  information of an insured dependent child could subject the
   44  child to harm. Personal identifying information could be
   45  obtained by a requestor and used to identify the dependent child
   46  for sexual or other criminal purposes. Exempting the personal
   47  identifying information of such insured dependent child helps to
   48  protect the child while still providing the public with access
   49  to agency group insurance information that does not specifically
   50  identify such child.
   51         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.