Florida Senate - 2013                             CS for SB 1768
       
       
       
       By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Transportation
       
       
       
       585-02861-13                                          20131768c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., relating
    4         to an exemption from public records requirements for
    5         personal identifying information of an applicant or
    6         recipient of paratransit services; making clarifying
    7         changes; saving the exemption from repeal under the
    8         Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (5) of section
   14  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
   16  public records.—
   17         (5) OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION.—
   18         (h)1. Personal identifying information of an applicant for
   19  or a recipient of paratransit services which is held by an
   20  agency is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   21  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   22         2. This exemption applies to personal identifying
   23  information of an applicant for or a recipient of paratransit
   24  services which is held by an agency before, on, or after the
   25  effective date of this exemption.
   26         3. Confidential and exempt personal identifying information
   27  shall be disclosed:
   28         a. With the express written consent of the applicant or
   29  recipient individual or the individual’s legally authorized
   30  representative of such applicant or recipient;
   31         b. In a medical emergency, but only to the extent that is
   32  necessary to protect the health or life of the applicant or
   33  recipient individual;
   34         c. By court order upon a showing of good cause; or
   35         d. To another agency in the performance of its duties and
   36  responsibilities.
   37         4. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   38  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   39  repealed on October 2, 2013, unless reviewed and saved from
   40  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2013.