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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to unidentified persons in hospitals; 2
creating s. 395.1013, F.S.; requiring hospitals to 3
maintain a directory of unidentified persons 4
containing specified information; requiring hospitals 5
to make the directory available to the public upon 6
request; requiring hospitals, before including an 7
unidentified person in the directory, to inform the 8
unidentified person of the directory and provide him 9
or her with an opportunity to restrict or prohibit 10
inclusion in the directory or disclosure of his or her 11
personal identifying information; providing an 12
exception for a specified timeframe; providing an 13
effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legisla ture of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Section 395.1013, Florida Statutes, is created 18
to read: 19
395.1013 Unidentified persons. — 20
(1) Each hospital shall maintain a directory of all 21
unidentified persons being treated at the hospital which must be 22
made available to the public upon request. The directory must 23
include all of the following details for each unidentified 24
person: 25
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(a) The location in the hospital where the unidentified 26
person is admitted or being treated. 27
(b) The type of injury suffered by the unidentified 28
person. 29
(c) A description of the unidentified person's condition, 30
using general terms that do not disclose specific medical 31
information about the person. 32
(d) A description of distinguishing physical 33
characteristics of the unidentif ied person, including height, 34
weight, gender, race, hair and eye color, and any facial hair, 35
scars, and tattoos. 36
(2) Before entering any information into the directory, a 37
hospital shall first inform the unidentified person that his or 38
her personal identifying information will be included in the 39
directory and may be disclosed to the public upon request. The 40
hospital shall provide the unidentified person with the 41
opportunity to restrict or prohibit the inclusion in the 42
directory of any of the information sp ecified in subsection (1) 43
or the disclosure of such information. If an unidentified person 44
cannot reasonably be informed of inclusion in the directory due 45
to the person's incapacitation or emergency treatment protocols, 46
the hospital must include the uniden tified person in the 47
directory until the unidentified person is no longer 48
incapacitated or the emergency has subsided, at which point the 49
hospital must inform the unidentified person of his or her 50
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inclusion in the directory and the option to restrict or 51
prohibit continued inclusion or the disclosure of his or her 52
personal identifying information. 53
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 54