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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records and meetings; 2
creating s. 468.227, F.S.; providing an exemption from 3
public records requirements for certain information 4
held by the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; 5
authorizing disclosure of the information under 6
certain circumstances; providing an exemption from 7
public meetings requirements for certain meetings, or 8
portions of meetings, of the Occupational Therapy 9
Compact Commission; providing an exemption from public 10
records requirements for recordings, minutes, and 11
records generated during the exempt meetings or exempt 12
portions of meetings; providing for future legislative 13
review and repeal of the exemptions; providing 14
statements of public necessity; providing a contingent 15
effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Section 468.227, Florida Statutes, is created 20
to read: 21
468.227 Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; public 22
records and meetings exemptions. — 23
(1) An occupational therapist's or occupational therapy 24
assistant's personal identifying information, other than the 25
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person's name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained 26
from the coordinated database an d reporting system described in 27
Article IX of s. 468.226 and held by the department or the board 28
is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 29
Constitution unless the state that originally reported the 30
information to the coordinated databas e and reporting system 31
authorizes the disclosure of such information by law. If 32
disclosure is so authorized, information may be disclosed only 33
to the extent authorized by law by the reporting state. 34
(2)(a) A meeting or a portion of a meeting of the 35
Occupational Therapy Compact Commission, the executive 36
committee, or any other committee of the commission established 37
in Article VIII of s. 468.226 at which matters specifically 38
exempted from disclosure by federal or state law are discussed 39
is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State 40
Constitution. 41
(b) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an 42
exempt meeting or an exempt portion of a meeting are exempt from 43
s. 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, 2030, 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 any occupational therapist's or occupational 50
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therapy assistant's personal identifying information, other than 51
the person's name, licensure status, or licensure number, 52
obtained from the coordinated database and reporting systems 53
described in s. 468.226, Florida Statutes, and held by the Board 54
of Occupational Therapy Practice, as applicable, be made exempt 55
from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of 56
the State Constitution. Protection of such information is 57
required under the Occupational Therapist Licensure Compact and 58
must be adopted by the Legislature in order for this state to 59
become a member state of the compact. Without the public records 60
exemption, this state would be unable to effectively and 61
efficiently implement and administer the compact. 62
(2)(a) The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity 63
that any meeting or portion of a meeting of the Occupational 64
Therapy Compact Commission or the executive committee or other 65
committee of the commission held as provided in s. 468.226, 66
Florida Statutes, in which matters specifically exempted from 67
disclosure by federal or state law are discussed be made exempt 68
from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of 69
the State Constitution. 70
(b) The Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact requires 71
that any meeting or portion of a meeting of the Occupational 72
Therapy Compact Commission or the executive committee or other 73
committee of the commission in which the commission must discuss 74
certain sensitive and conf idential subject matters be closed to 75
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the public. In the absence of a public meetings exemption, the 76
state would be prohibited from becoming a member state of the 77
compact and, thus, prohibited from effectively and efficiently 78
administering the compact. 79
(3) The Legislature also finds that it is a public 80
necessity that the recordings, minutes, and records generated 81
during a meeting or a portion of a meeting exempt pursuant to s. 82
468.226, Florida Statutes, be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), 83
Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 84
Constitution. Release of such information would negate the 85
public meetings exemption. As such, the Legislature finds that 86
the public records exemption is a public necessity. 87
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 88
that HB 909 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 89
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 90
extension thereof and becomes a law. 91