Florida HB 1113: Health Insurance

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An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
119.071, F.S.; defining terms; expanding a public 3
records exemption for crime victims to include the 4
name and personal identification number of a victim 5
and any other information that could be used to 6
locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse the victim; 7
providing that such exemption includes the portions of 8
records generated by any agency that regularly 9
generates or receives information from or concerning 10
victims of crime; providing for a public records 11
exemption for the identity of a victim's family 12
member, lawful representative, or next of kin and any 13
other information that could be used to locate, 14
intimidate, harass, or abuse these individuals; 15
providing that such exemption includes the portions of 16
records generated or received by any agency that 17
regularly generates or receives information from or 18
concerning victims of crime; providing applicability; 19
providing that the name of a law enforcement officer 20
in a public record which identifies him or her as a 21
victim of crime in specified circumstances is 22
confidential and exempt for 72 hours and providing 23
that such information is exempt for 60 days 24
thereafter; providing construction; providing for 25

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future legislative review and repeal of the 26
exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity; 27
providing an effective date. 28
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 30
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Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section 32
119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 33
119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 34
public records.— 35
(2) AGENCY INVESTIGATIONS.— 36
(j)1.a. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term: 37
(I) "Family member" means a spouse, child, parent or legal 38
guardian, or sibling. This term does not include the accused. 39
(II) "Officer" means any full-time, part-time, or 40
auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or 41
correctional probation officer certified under s. 943.13. 42
(III) "Victim" means a person who suffers direct or 43
threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as a 44
result of the commission or attempted commission of a crime or 45
delinquent act or against whom the crime or delinquent act is 46
committed. The term does not include the accused. 47
b.(I) Any portion of a public record which document that 48
reveals the identity, including the name or personal 49
identification number, home or employment telephone number, home 50

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or employment address, or personal assets, of a the victim, or 51
any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, 52
harass, or abuse the victim, which of a crime and identifies 53
that person as the victim of a crime, and which is a public 54
record that is generated or document is received by any agency 55
that regularly generates or receives information from or 56
concerning the victims of crime, is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 57
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 58
(II) Any portion of a public record which reveals the 59
identity, including the name or personal identification number, 60
home or employment telephone number, home or employment address, 61
or personal assets, of a lawful representative, family member, 62
or next of kin of the person identified as a victim by the 63
public record, or any other information that could be used to 64
locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse such persons, and which is 65
a public record that is generated or received by any agency that 66
regularly generates or receives information from or concerning 67
the victims of crime is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 68
Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption does not apply 69
to the accused, or to a lawful representative, family member, or 70
next of kin of a victim upon a showing that the interest of such 71
person would be in actual or potential conflict with the 72
interests of the victim. 73
(III)(A) Notwithstanding sub-sub-subparagraph 74
(2)(j)1.b.(I), the portion of a public record exempted under 75

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sub-sub-subparagraph (2)(j)1.b.(I) which contains the name of an 76
officer who became a victim in the course and scope of the 77