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SB 1518: Medical Privacy Concerning Firearms

GENERAL BILL by Farmer

Medical Privacy Concerning Firearms; Deleting a provision preventing a health care practitioner or facility from entering disclosed information concerning patient firearm ownership into a patient’s medical record under certain circumstances; deleting a provision preventing a health care practitioner or facility from making a written inquiry or asking questions concerning a patient’s ownership of firearms or ammunition under certain circumstances; conforming provisions in the Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to changes made by the act, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/2/2017 Senate • Filed
3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 199
3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 199
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy