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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 1540

Missing Endangered Persons
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SPONSOR
Pizzo
FILED BY
Jason W. B. Pizzo — District 37, No Party Affiliation [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Criminal Justice

Filed under Criminal Justice.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Missing Endangered Persons; Authorizing hospitals to disclose specified information about admitted patients to law enforcement agencies for a specified purpose and under certain circumstances; authorizing hospitals to search and use hospital records of admitted patients to identify potential matches to persons listed as missing on the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Hospitals may share patient data with police to find missing persons.

Hospitals can now disclose specific patient details to law enforcement to help identify missing endangered persons.

This includes sensitive data like Social Security numbers, blood type, and physical descriptions.

Hospitals are also authorized to search their own records to find potential matches to missing persons.

The Agency for Health Care Administration will create rules for how hospitals must report these matches.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Hospital Disclosure to Law Enforcement majors. 937.032(1)

AIPermits hospitals to share specific patient data with law enforcement to identify missing persons.

“a hospital may disclose any of the following information about an admitted patient to a law enforcement agency” bill text, line 24 →
§ 2 Hospital Record Search Authority majors. 937.032(2)

AIAllows hospitals to search their own records to match admitted patients against missing person databases.

“Hospitals may search and use hospital records of admitted patients for purposes of identifying potential matches” bill text, line 40 →
§ 3 Rulemaking Authority moderates. 937.032(3)

AIGrants the Agency for Health Care Administration power to create uniform reporting rules for hospitals.

“The Agency for Health Care Administration may adopt rules to implement uniform reporting procedures” bill text, line 48 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Criminal Justice
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/16/2026
Referred to Criminal Justice; Health Policy; Rules
1/9/2026
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 937.032
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