Florida Senate - 2014         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7042
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Community Affairs
       
       
       
       
       
       578-01731-14                                          20147042__
    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 record requirements for
    5         personal identifying information of certain dependent
    6         children of current or former agency officers or
    7         employees; making an editorial change; removing the
    8         scheduled repeal of the exemption; 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 (b) of subsection (4) 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         (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
   18         (b)1. Medical information pertaining to a prospective,
   19  current, or former officer or employee of an agency which, if
   20  disclosed, would identify that officer or employee is exempt
   21  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   22  Constitution. However, such information may be disclosed if the
   23  person to whom the information pertains or the person’s legal
   24  representative provides written permission or pursuant to court
   25  order.
   26         2.a. Personal identifying information of a dependent child
   27  of a current or former officer or employee of an agency, which
   28  dependent child is insured by an agency group insurance plan, is
   29  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   30  Constitution. For purposes of this exemption, “dependent child”
   31  has the same meaning as in s. 409.2554.
   32         b. This exemption is remedial in nature and applies to such
   33  personal identifying information held by an agency before, on,
   34  or after the effective date of this exemption.
   35         c. This subparagraph is subject to the Open Government
   36  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   37  repealed on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from
   38  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.