Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 716
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/31/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Hays) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 38 - 75
    4  and insert:
    5  performance of its duties and responsibilities and may be
    6  disclosed pursuant to s. 474.2165.
    7         (3) The exemption from public records requirements under
    8  subsection (1) applies to animal medical records held before,
    9  on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
   10         (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   11  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   12  on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   13  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   14         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   15  necessity that a medical record that relates to diagnosing the
   16  medical condition of an animal; prescribing, dispensing, or
   17  administering drugs, medicine, appliances, applications, or
   18  treatment of whatever nature for the prevention, cure, or relief
   19  of a wound, fracture, bodily injury, or disease of an animal; or
   20  performing a manual procedure for the diagnosis of or treatment
   21  for pregnancy or fertility or infertility of an animal, which is
   22  held by a state college of veterinary medicine that is
   23  accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association
   24  Council on Education, be made confidential and exempt from s.
   25  119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   26  State Constitution. The Legislature also finds that it is a
   27  public necessity that any such medical record that is
   28  transferred by a previous records owner in connection with the
   29  transaction of official business by a state college of
   30  veterinary medicine that is accredited by the American
   31  Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education and that is
   32  held by such state college be made confidential and exempt from
   33  s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   34  State Constitution. The Legislature also finds that it is a
   35  public necessity that this exemption apply to such animal
   36  medical records held by such a state college of veterinary
   37  medicine before, on, or after the effective date of the
   38  exemption. The Legislature finds that the release of such animal
   39  medical records compromises the confidentiality protections
   40  otherwise afforded the owners of such animals treated by
   41  licensed veterinarians in this state pursuant to chapter 474.
   42  The Legislature finds that the owners of animals have the right
   43  to the privacy of the medical records of their animals. The
   44  Legislature finds that this exemption permits a state college of
   45  veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary
   46  Medical Association Council on Education to effectively and
   47  efficiently carry out its mission to educate students in
   48  veterinary medicine. Without this exemption this mission would
   49  be significantly impaired.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete line 9
   54  and insert:
   55         applicability of the exemption; providing