Florida SB 864: Surrendered Newborn Infants

Bill Text

864 
Public Records/Uterine Fibroid Research Database 
2026-02-03T09:03:07Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain records and personal identifying information submitted to the Department of Health for inclusion in the uterine fibroid research database; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 864 

 By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Sharief 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 381.9312, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 
 4 records requirements for certain records and personal 
 5 identifying information submitted to the Department of 
 6 Health for inclusion in the uterine fibroid research 
 7 database; providing for future legislative review and 
 8 repeal; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 9 providing an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 381.9312, 
 14 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 15 381.9312 Uterine fibroid research database; education and 
 16 public awareness.— 
 17 (4) PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION.—All records and personal 
 18 identifying information relating to women diagnosed with or 
 19 treated for uterine fibroids which is submitted to the 
 20 department under this section are confidential and exempt from 
 21 s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 22 This subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review 
 23 Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on 
 24 October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 
 25 reenactment by the Legislature. 
 26 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 
 27 necessity to make all records and personal identifying 
 28 information relating to women diagnosed with or treated for 
 29 uterine fibroids which is submitted to the Department of Health 
 30 under s. 381.9312, Florida Statutes, confidential and exempt 
 31 from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of 
 32 the State Constitution. The Department of Health is unable to 
 33 effectively implement the legislative purpose of the uterine 
 34 fibroid research database, created under s. 381.9312, Florida 
 35 Statutes, without access to these records and information, which 
 36 include personal medical information, the disclosure of which 
 37 would violate federal patient privacy laws, including the Health 
 38 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Therefore, 
 39 the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity to make such 
 40 records and information held by the department confidential and 
 41 exempt to protect the privacy rights of women diagnosed with and 
 42 treated for uterine fibroids in this state and promote the 
 43 effective administration of the department’s epidemiological 
 44 research and tracking activities. 
 45 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.