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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to unidentified persons in hospitals; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | creating s. 395.1013, F.S.; requiring hospitals to 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | maintain a directory of unidentified persons 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | containing specified information; requiring hospitals 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | to make the directory available to the public upon 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | request; requiring hospitals, before including an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | unidentified person in the directory, to inform the 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | unidentified person of the directory and provide him 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | or her with an opportunity to restrict or prohibit 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | inclusion in the directory or disclosure of his or her 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | personal identifying information; providing an 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | exception for a specified timeframe; providing an 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | effective date. 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be It Enacted by the Legisla ture of the State of Florida: 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 1. Section 395.1013, Florida Statutes, is created 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to read: 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 395.1013 Unidentified persons. — 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) Each hospital shall maintain a directory of all 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | unidentified persons being treated at the hospital which must be 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | made available to the public upon request. The directory must 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | include all of the following details for each unidentified 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | person: 25 |
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| 51 | | - | (a) The type of injury suffered by the unidentified 26 |
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| 52 | | - | person. 27 |
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| 53 | | - | (b) A description of the unidentified person's condition, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | using general terms that do not disclose specific medical 29 |
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| 55 | | - | information about the person. 30 |
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| 56 | | - | (c) A description of distinguishing characteristics of the 31 |
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| 57 | | - | unidentified person, including height, weight, gender, race, 32 |
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| 58 | | - | hair and eye color, and any facial hair, scars, and tattoos. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | (2) Before entering any information into the directory, a 34 |
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| 60 | | - | hospital shall first inform the unidentified person that his or 35 |
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| 61 | | - | her personal identifying information will be included in the 36 |
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| 62 | | - | directory and may be disclosed to the public upon request. The 37 |
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| 63 | | - | hospital shall provide the unidentified person with the 38 |
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| 64 | | - | opportunity to restrict or prohibit the inclusion in the 39 |
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| 65 | | - | directory of any of the information specified in subsection (1) 40 |
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| 66 | | - | or the disclosure of such information. If an unidentified person 41 |
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| 67 | | - | cannot reasonably be informed of inclusion in the directory due 42 |
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| 68 | | - | to the person's incapacitation or emergency treatment protocols, 43 |
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| 69 | | - | the hospital must include the unidentified person in the 44 |
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| 70 | | - | directory until the unidentified person is no longer 45 |
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| 71 | | - | incapacitated or the emergency has subsided, at which point the 46 |
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| 72 | | - | hospital must inform the unidentified person of his or her 47 |
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| 73 | | - | inclusion in the directory and the option to restrict or 48 |
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| 74 | | - | prohibit continued inclusion or the disclosure of his or her 49 |
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| 75 | | - | personal identifying information. 50 |
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| 51 | + | (a) The location in the hospital where the unidentified 26 |
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| 52 | + | person is admitted or being treated. 27 |
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| 53 | + | (b) The type of injury suffered by the unidentified 28 |
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| 54 | + | person. 29 |
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| 55 | + | (c) A description of the unidentified person's condition, 30 |
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| 56 | + | using general terms that do not disclose specific medical 31 |
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| 57 | + | information about the person. 32 |
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| 58 | + | (d) A description of distinguishing physical 33 |
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| 59 | + | characteristics of the unidentif ied person, including height, 34 |
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| 60 | + | weight, gender, race, hair and eye color, and any facial hair, 35 |
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| 61 | + | scars, and tattoos. 36 |
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| 62 | + | (2) Before entering any information into the directory, a 37 |
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| 63 | + | hospital shall first inform the unidentified person that his or 38 |
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| 64 | + | her personal identifying information will be included in the 39 |
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| 65 | + | directory and may be disclosed to the public upon request. The 40 |
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| 66 | + | hospital shall provide the unidentified person with the 41 |
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| 67 | + | opportunity to restrict or prohibit the inclusion in the 42 |
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| 68 | + | directory of any of the information sp ecified in subsection (1) 43 |
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| 69 | + | or the disclosure of such information. If an unidentified person 44 |
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| 70 | + | cannot reasonably be informed of inclusion in the directory due 45 |
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| 71 | + | to the person's incapacitation or emergency treatment protocols, 46 |
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| 72 | + | the hospital must include the uniden tified person in the 47 |
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| 73 | + | directory until the unidentified person is no longer 48 |
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| 74 | + | incapacitated or the emergency has subsided, at which point the 49 |
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| 75 | + | hospital must inform the unidentified person of his or her 50 |
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