Florida HB 1443: Electronic Access to Official Records

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An act relating to the Parkinson's disease registry; 2
creating ss. 458.352, 459.075, and 464.0124 F.S.; 3
requiring physicians and advanced practice registered 4
nurses to report certain information to the 5
Parkinson's disease registry; providing limited 6
liability for physicians and advanced practice 7
registered nurses under certain circumstances; 8
amending s. 1004.4352, F.S.; requiring the President 9
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 10
Representatives to each appoint one member to the 11
Parkinson's Disease Research Board; revising 12
membership qualifications and terms; revising report 13
requirements; requiring the Institute for Parkinson's 14
Disease within the University of South Florida, 15
subject to appropriation, to establish and maintain a 16
statewide Parkinson's disease registry; providing 17
requirements for such registry; requiring the 18
institute to create and maintain a Parkinson's disease 19
registry-specific website; providing requirements for 20
such website; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created 25

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to read: 26
458.352 Parkinson's disease registry; reporting 27
requirement.— 28
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who 29
diagnoses or treats a patient for Parkinson's disease or 30
atypical parkinsonism shall report to the statewide Parkinson's 31
disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352, 32
information containing nationally recognized Parkinson's disease 33
and atypical parkinsonism performance measures. 34
(2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 35
other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by 36
reason of having provided such information to the statewide 37
Parkinson's disease registry. 38
Section 2. Section 459.075, Florida Statutes, is created 39
to read: 40
459.075 Parkinson's disease registry; reporting 41
requirement.— 42
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who 43
diagnoses or treats a patient for Parkinson's disease or 44
atypical parkinsonism shall report to the statewide Parkinson's 45
disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352, 46
information containing nationally recognized Parkinson's disease 47
and atypical parkinsonism performance measures. 48
(2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 49
other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by 50

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reason of having provided such information to the statewide 51
Parkinson's disease registry. 52
Section 3. Section 464.0124, Florida Statutes, is created 53
to read: 54
464.0124 Parkinson's disease registry; advanced practice 55
registered nurse reporting requirement.— 56
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each advanced practice 57
registered nurse who diagnoses or treats a patient for 58
Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonism shall report to the 59
statewide Parkinson's disease registry, established pursuant to 60
s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized 61
Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism performance 62
measures. 63
(2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 64
other relief may not arise or be enforced against an advanced 65
practice registered nurse by reason of having provided such 66
information to the statewide Parkinson's disease registry. 67
Section 4. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (4) of 68
section 1004.4352, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection 69
(5) is added to that section, to read: 70
1004.4352 Parkinson's disease research.— 71
(4) CONSORTIUM FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH.— 72
(b) The Parkinson's Disease Research Board is established 73
to direct the operations of the consortium. The board shall be 74
composed of one member appointed by the President of the Senate, 75

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one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 76
Representatives, and members representing each participating 77
university or academic medical center, appointed by the 78
president or chief executive officer of each participating 79
university or academic medical center. Board members, other than 80
those appoin