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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records and meetings; 2
creating s. 490.0076, F.S.; providing an exemption 3
from public records requirements for certain 4
information held by the Department of Health or the 5
Board of Psychology pursuant to the Psychology 6
Interjurisdictional Compact; authorizing disclosure of 7
the information under certain circumstances; providing 8
an exemption from public meeting requirements for 9
certain meetings of the Psychology Interjurisdictional 10
Compact Commission; providing an exemption from public 11
records requirements for recordings, minutes, and 12
records generated during the closed portion of such 13
meetings; providing for future legislative review and 14
repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of 15
public necessity; providing a contingent effective 16
date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Section 490.0076, Florida Statutes, is created 21
to read: 22
490.0076 Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; public 23
records and meetings exemptions. — 24
(1) A psychologist's personal identifying information, 25
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other than the psychologist's name, licensure status, or 26
licensure number, obtained from the coordinated licensure 27
information system, as described in article IX of s. 490.0075, 28
and held by the department or the Board of Psychology is exempt 29
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution 30
unless the state that originally reported the information to the 31
coordinated information system authorizes the disclosure of such 32
information by law. If disclosure is so authorized, information 33
may be disclosed only to the extent authorized by law by the 34
reporting state. 35
(2)(a) A meeting or a portion of a meeting of the 36
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission, established 37
in article X of s. 490.0075, at which matters specifically 38
exempted from disclosure by federal or state statute are 39
discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the 40
State Constitution. 41
(b) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an 42
exempt meeting or portion of such a meeting are exempt from s. 43
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 44
(3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 45
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 46
on October 2, 2027, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 47
through reenactment by the Legislature. 48
Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public 49
necessity that a psychologist's personal iden tifying 50
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information, other than the psychologist's name, licensure 51
status, or licensure number, obtained from the coordinated 52
licensure information system, as described in article IX of s. 53
490.0075, Florida Statutes, and held by the Department of Health 54
or the Board of Psychology, be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), 55
Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 56
Constitution. Protection of such information is required under 57
the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, which the state must 58
adopt in order to become a member state of the compact. Without 59
the public records exemption, the state will be unable to 60
effectively and efficiently implement and administer the 61
compact. 62
(2)(a) The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity 63
that any meeting of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact 64
Commission held as provided in s. 490.0075, Florida Statutes, in 65
which matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal 66
or state law are discussed be made exempt from s. 286.011, 67
Florida Statutes, and s. 2 4(b), Article I of the State 68
Constitution. 69
(b) The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact requires 70
the closure of any meeting, or any portion of a meeting, of the 71
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission in which the 72
substance of paragraph (a) i s discussed to be closed to the 73
public. In the absence of a public meeting exemption, the state 74
would be prohibited from becoming a member state of the compact. 75
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Thus, prohibiting the state from effectively and efficiently 76
administering the compact. 77
(3) The Legislature also finds that it is a public 78
necessity that the recordings, minutes, and records generated 79
during a meeting that is exempt pursuant to s. 490.0076(2), 80
Florida Statutes, be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 81
Statutes, and s. 24(a), Arti cle I of the State Constitution. 82
Release of such information would negate the public meeting 83
exemption. As such, the Legislature finds that the public 84
records exemption is a public necessity. 85
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 86
that HB 953 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 87
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 88
extension thereof and becomes a law. 89