No. HB 1515
Filed under Healthcare.
Pub. Rec./Uterine Fibroid Research Database; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain records & personal identifying information submitted to DOH for inclusion in uterine fibroid research database; provides statement of public necessity.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDRecords and personal identifying information about women diagnosed with or treated for uterine fibroids, once submitted to the Department of Health for the research database, become confidential and exempt from Florida's public records law and constitutional right of access.
The Legislature says this protection is necessary because releasing the data would violate federal patient privacy law, including HIPAA, and the department could not otherwise run the database's epidemiological research and tracking work.
Like most such exemptions, this one is temporary: it stands automatically repealed on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to reenact it before then.
AIAll records and personal identifying information about women diagnosed with or treated for uterine fibroids that is submitted to the Department of Health for the research database is made confidential and exempt from Florida's public records law and the constitutional right of access.
AIThis exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and stands repealed on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews it and reenacts it to save it from repeal.