No. SB 1554
Filed under Healthcare.
Public Records/Experimental Treatment Outcomes; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in a public report published by the Department of Health relating to experimental treatment outcomes and safety signals; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
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 and exempt from Florida's public records law and constitutional right of access.
States that disclosing this information could harm patients with terminal conditions or life-threatening rare diseases by exposing extremely sensitive personal health data, and finds their privacy expectation outweighs any public benefit from release.
Applies to patients who pursue experimental treatments under the Promising Pathways Act, whose outcomes and safety signals the department is separately required to report on in the aggregate each year.
Takes effect only if a companion bill creating or expanding the underlying reporting requirement also passes in the same legislative session and becomes law.
AIHealth information and proprietary pricing information in the Department of Health's annual experimental-treatment-outcomes report is shielded from disclosure under Florida's public records law and the state constitution's right-of-access provision.
AIThe exemption does not take effect on its own; it is written to activate only if a companion bill creating or expanding the underlying reporting requirement also passes in the same legislative session and becomes law.