No. HB 1383
Filed under Healthcare.
Pub. Rec./Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases; Provides exemption from public records certain information contained in public report published by DOH relating to experimental treatment outcomes & safety signals; provides statement of public necessity.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMakes the health information and proprietary pricing information inside the Department of Health's annual report on experimental treatment outcomes confidential, shielding it from Florida's public records law and the state constitution's right of access.
Lawmakers justify the exemption by citing patients' expectation of privacy over sensitive medical information under the Promising Pathways Act, concluding the risk of harm from disclosure outweighs the public's interest in seeing the data.
The exemption itself only becomes law if a companion bill, HB 1381 or similar legislation establishing the underlying report, also passes and takes effect in the same legislative session.
AIHealth information and proprietary pricing information contained in the Department of Health's annual report on experimental treatment outcomes and safety signals becomes confidential, exempt from Florida's public records statute and from the state constitution's right-of-access requirement.
AIThis exemption does not take effect on its own; it only becomes law if HB 1381 or similar legislation establishing the underlying experimental-treatment report also passes and becomes law in the same legislative session.