Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1306
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/16/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 464.0096, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         464.0096Nurse Licensure Compact; public records and
    8  meetings exemptions.—
    9         (1)A nurse’s personal identifying information, other than
   10  the nurse’s name, licensure status, or licensure number,
   11  obtained from the coordinated licensure information system, as
   12  defined in s. 464.0095, and held by the department or the board
   13  is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   14  Constitution unless the state that originally reported the
   15  information to the coordinated licensure information system
   16  authorizes the disclosure of such information by law. Under such
   17  circumstances, the information may only be disclosed to the
   18  extent permitted by the reporting state’s law.
   19         (2)(a)A meeting or portion of a meeting of the Interstate
   20  Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators established
   21  under s. 464.0095 at which matters specifically exempted from
   22  disclosure by federal or state statute are discussed is exempt
   23  from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   24         (b)Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an
   25  exempt meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   26  of the State Constitution.
   27         (3)This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   28  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   29  on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   30  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. (1)The Legislature finds that it is a public
   32  necessity that a nurse’s personal identifying information, other
   33  than the nurse’s name, licensure status, or licensure number,
   34  obtained from the coordinated licensure information system, as
   35  defined in s. 464.0095, Florida Statutes, and held by the
   36  Department of Health or the Board of Nursing be made exempt from
   37  s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   38  State Constitution. Protection of such information is required
   39  under the Nurse Licensure Compact, which the state must adopt in
   40  order to become a party state to the compact. Without the public
   41  records exemption, this state will be unable to effectively and
   42  efficiently implement and administer the compact.
   43         (2)(a)The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity
   44  that any meeting or portion of a meeting of the Interstate
   45  Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators established
   46  under s. 464.0095, Florida Statutes, at which matters
   47  specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state
   48  statute are discussed be made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida
   49  Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution.
   50         (b)The Nurse Licensure Compact requires any meeting or
   51  portion of a meeting in which the substance of paragraph (a) is
   52  discussed to be closed to the public. Without the public meeting
   53  exemption, this state will be prohibited from becoming a party
   54  state to the compact. Thus, this state will be unable to
   55  effectively and efficiently administer the compact.
   56         (3)The Legislature also finds that it is a public
   57  necessity that the recordings, minutes, and records generated
   58  during a meeting that is exempt pursuant to s. 464.0096, Florida
   59  Statutes, be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes,
   60  and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. Release of
   61  such information would negate the public meeting exemption. As
   62  such, the Legislature finds that the public records exemption is
   63  a public necessity.
   64         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   65  SB 1316 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   66  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   67  thereof and becomes law.
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   69  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   70  And the title is amended as follows:
   71         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   72  and insert:
   73                        A bill to be entitled                      
   74         An act relating to public records and meetings;
   75         creating s. 464.0096, F.S.; providing an exemption
   76         from public records requirements for certain
   77         information held by the Department of Health or the
   78         Board of Nursing pursuant to the Nurse Licensure
   79         Compact; authorizing disclosure of the information
   80         under certain circumstances; providing an exemption
   81         from public meeting requirements for certain meetings
   82         of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure
   83         Compact Administrators; providing an exemption from
   84         public records requirements for recordings, minutes,
   85         and records generated during the closed portion of
   86         such a meeting; providing for future legislative
   87         review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a
   88         statement of public necessity; providing a contingent
   89         effective date.