Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 7000
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy
       
       
       
       
       
       588-01044-22                                          20227000__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 382.008, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for certain information included in nonviable birth
    6         certificates; removing the scheduled repeal of the
    7         exemption; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 382.008, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         382.008 Death, fetal death, and nonviable birth
   14  registration.—
   15         (8)(a) The original nonviable birth certificate shall
   16  contain all of the information required by the department for
   17  legal, social, and health research purposes. The department may
   18  issue a certified copy of an original nonviable birth
   19  certificate which includes the confidential and exempt
   20  information:
   21         1. To the fetus’ parent;
   22         2. To any local, state, or federal agency for official
   23  purposes upon approval by the department; or
   24         3. Upon the order of any court of competent jurisdiction.
   25         (b) All information relating to the cause of death and
   26  parentage of a nonviable fetus, the marital status of such
   27  fetus’ parent, and any medical information included in nonviable
   28  birth records held by a state agency is confidential and exempt
   29  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   30  Constitution, but may be released for health research purposes
   31  as approved by the department.
   32         (c) The department shall authorize the issuance of a
   33  certified copy of all or part of an original nonviable birth
   34  certificate, excluding any information that is confidential and
   35  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   36  Constitution, to any person requesting such copy, pursuant to
   37  paragraph (b), upon receipt of a request and payment of the fee
   38  prescribed in s. 382.0255.
   39         (d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   40  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   41  repealed on October 2, 2022, unless reviewed and saved from
   42  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.