No. CS/HB 695
Filed under Healthcare.
Pub. Rec./Health Care ; Provides exemptions from public meetings requirements for certain portions of meetings of Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice, Physician Assistant Licensure Compact Commission, & Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; respectively; provides exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, & records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCreates public records exemptions for EMS, physician assistant, and social worker licensing-compact data systems, shielding license holders' personal identifying information -- everything except name, licensure status, and license number -- from public disclosure.
Lets each compact commission and its committees close any meeting, or part of one, where they discuss matters already exempt from disclosure under federal or state law.
Recordings, minutes, and other records made during those closed sessions are also exempt from public records law, keeping the entire closed-door discussion out of reach.
All three exemptions expire automatically on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reenacts them, and the whole act only takes effect if a companion bill creating the compacts also becomes law.
AIA license holder's personal identifying information in the EMS, physician assistant, or social worker compact database -- other than name, licensure status, or license number -- is exempt from public records disclosure unless the state that originally reported it authorizes release under its own law.
AIThe Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice, the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact Commission, and the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission -- and their committees -- may close any meeting, or the portion of one, where they discuss matters already exempt from disclosure under federal or state law.
AIRecordings, minutes, and other records generated during an exempt meeting or an exempt portion of a meeting are themselves exempt from public records disclosure, keeping the substance of closed sessions out of public reach entirely.
AIEvery exemption created by this bill falls under the Open Government Sunset Review Act and stands repealed on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to reenact it before then.