Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1157 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to public records; amending ss. 2
16	16	394.464 and 397.6760, F.S.; exempting from public 3
17	17	records requirements a respondent's name in certain 4
18	18	documents at trial and on appeal; expanding exemptions 5
19	19	from public records requirements for certain 6
20	20	petitions, court orders, and related records to 7
21	21	include applications for voluntary and involuntary 8
22	22	mental health examinations and substance abuse 9
23	23	treatment; expanding exceptions authorizing the 10
24	24	disclosure of such personal identifying information 11
25	25	and records to include certain service providers; 12
26	26	authorizing a court to use a respondent's name for 13
27	27	certain purposes; revising applicability to include 14
28	28	appeals pending or file d on or after a specified date; 15
29	29	revising the date for future legislative review and 16
30	30	repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of 17
31	31	public necessity; providing a contingent effective 18
32	32	date. 19
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34	34	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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36	36	Section 1. Section 394.464, Florida Statutes, is amended 23
37	37	to read: 24
38	38	394.464 Court records; confidentiality. — 25
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51	51	(1) A respondent's name, at trial and on appeal, and all 26
52	52	petitions or applications for voluntary and involuntary 27
53	53	admission for mental health examinations or treatment, court 28
54	54	orders, and related records that are filed with or by a court 29
55	55	under this part are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) 30
56	56	and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Pleadings and 31
57	57	other documents made confidential and exempt by this section may 32
58	58	be disclosed by the clerk of the court, upon request, to any of 33
59	59	the following: 34
60	60	(a) The petitioner. 35
61	61	(b) The petitioner's attorney. 36
62	62	(c) The respondent. 37
63	63	(d) The respondent's attorney. 38
64	64	(e) The respondent's guardian or guar dian advocate, if 39
65	65	applicable. 40
66	66	(f) In the case of a minor respondent, the respondent's 41
67	67	parent, guardian, legal custodian, or guardian advocate. 42
68	68	(g) The respondent's treating health care practitioner and 43
69	69	service provider. 44
70	70	(h) The respondent's health ca re surrogate or proxy. 45
71	71	(i) The Department of Children and Families, without 46
72	72	charge. 47
73	73	(j) The Department of Corrections, without charge, if the 48
74	74	respondent is committed or is to be returned to the custody of 49
75	75	the Department of Corrections from the Department of Children 50
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88	88	and Families. 51
89	89	(k) A person or entity authorized to view records upon a 52
90	90	court order for good cause. In determining if there is good 53
91	91	cause for the disclosure of records, the court must weigh the 54
92	92	person or entity's need for the information against potential 55
93	93	harm to the respondent from the disclosure. 56
94	94	(2) This section does not preclude the clerk of the court 57
95	95	from submitting the information required by s. 790.065 to the 58
96	96	Department of Law Enforcement. 59
97	97	(3) The clerk of the court may not publish personal 60
98	98	identifying information on a court docket or in a publicly 61
99	99	accessible file, but the court may use a respondent's name to 62
100	100	schedule and adjudicate cases, which includes transmitting a 63
101	101	copy of any court order to the parties . 64
102	102	(4) A person or entity receiving information pursuant to 65
103	103	this section shall maintain that information as con fidential and 66
104	104	exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 67
105	105	Constitution. 68
106	106	(5) The exemption under this section applies to all 69
107	107	documents filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2019 , 70
108	108	and appeals pending or filed on or after July 1, 20 22. 71
109	109	(6) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 72
110	110	Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 73
111	111	on October 2, 2027 2024, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 74
112	112	through reenactment by the Legislature. 75
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125	125	Section 2. Section 3 97.6760, Florida Statutes, is amended 76
126	126	to read: 77
127	127	397.6760 Court records; confidentiality. — 78
128	128	(1) A respondent's name, at trial and on appeal, and all 79
129	129	petitions or applications for voluntary and involuntary 80
130	130	substance abuse treatment or assessment and stabil ization, court 81
131	131	orders, and related records that are filed with or by a court 82
132	132	under this part or part IV are confidential and exempt from s. 83
133	133	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 84
134	134	Pleadings and other documents made confidential and exempt by 85
135	135	this section may be disclosed by the clerk of the court, upon 86
136	136	request, to any of the following: 87
137	137	(a) The petitioner. 88
138	138	(b) The petitioner's attorney. 89
139	139	(c) The respondent. 90
140	140	(d) The respondent's attorney. 91
141	141	(e) The respondent's guardian or guardian ad vocate, if 92
142	142	applicable. 93
143	143	(f) In the case of a minor respondent, the respondent's 94
144	144	parent, guardian, legal custodian, or guardian advocate. 95
145	145	(g) The respondent's treating health care practitioner and 96
146	146	service provider. 97
147	147	(h) The respondent's health care surr ogate or proxy. 98
148	148	(i) The Department of Children and Families, without 99
149	149	charge. 100
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162	162	(j) The Department of Corrections, without charge, if the 101
163	163	respondent is committed or is to be returned to the custody of 102
164	164	the Department of Corrections from the Department of C hildren 103
165	165	and Families. 104
166	166	(k) A person or entity authorized to view records upon a 105
167	167	court order for good cause. In determining if there is good 106
168	168	cause for the disclosure of records, the court must weigh the 107
169	169	person or entity's need for the information against p otential 108
170	170	harm to the respondent from the disclosure. 109
171	171	(2) This section does not preclude the clerk of the court 110
172	172	from submitting the information required by s. 790.065 to the 111
173	173	Department of Law Enforcement. 112
174	174	(3) The clerk of the court may not publish perso nal 113
175	175	identifying information on a court docket or in a publicly 114
176	176	accessible file, but the court may use a respondent's name to 115
177	177	schedule and adjudicate cases, which includes transmitting a 116
178	178	copy of any court order to the parties . 117
179	179	(4) A person or entity recei ving information pursuant to 118
180	180	this section shall maintain that information as confidential and 119
181	181	exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 120
182	182	Constitution. 121
183	183	(5) The exemption under this section applies to all 122
184	184	documents filed with a court before , on, or after July 1, 2017 , 123
185	185	and appeals pending or filed on or after July 1, 2022 . 124
186	186	(6) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 125
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199	199	Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 126
200	200	on October 2, 2027 2022, unless reviewed and sa ved from repeal 127
201	201	through reenactment by the Legislature. 128
202	202	Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public 129
203	203	necessity that applications for voluntary and involuntary mental 130
204	204	health examinations and substance abuse treatment which are 131
205	205	filed with or by a court and a respondent's name, which is 132
206	206	published on a court docket and maintained by the clerk of the 133
207	207	court, under part I of chapter 394 and parts IV and V of chapter 134
208	208	397, Florida Statutes, be made confidential and exempt from 135
209	209	disclosure under s. 119.07( 1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), 136
210	210	Article I of the State Constitution. The mental health and 137
211	211	substance abuse impairments of a person are medical conditions 138
212	212	that should be protected from dissemination to the public. A 139
213	213	person's health and sensitive persona l information regarding his 140
214	214	or her mental health or substance abuse impairment are intensely 141
215	215	private matters. Making such applications, petitions, orders, 142
216	216	records, and identifying information confidential and exempt 143
217	217	from disclosure will protect such person s from the release of 144
218	218	sensitive, personal information that could damage their and 145
219	219	their families' reputations. The publication of personal 146
220	220	identifying information on a physical or virtual docket, 147
221	221	regardless of whether any other record is published, defeats the 148
222	222	purpose of protections otherwise provided. Further, the 149
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236	236	to disclosure could have a chilling effect on a person's 151
237	237	willingness to seek out and comply with mental health or 152
238	238	substance abuse treatment services. 153
239	239	Section 4. This act shall take effect on the same date 154
240	240	that HB 1143 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 155
241	241	legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 156
242	242	extension thereof and becomes a law. 157