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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; creating s. 23.46, 2
F.S.; exempting from public records requirements 3
certain personal identifying information provided to 4
the Hope Florida Office or Hope Navigators by 5
participants; providing exceptions; requiring persons 6
who receive access to such information to maintain the 7
confidential and exempt status of such information; 8
providing criminal penalties; providing for future 9
legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 10
providing a contingent effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Section 23.46, Florida Statutes, is created to 15
read: 16
23.46 Exempt information. — 17
(1) In order to protect the privacy and rights of 18
individuals participating in Hope Florida, the personal 19
identifying information provided to the Hope Florida Office by 20
an individual, as well as the personal identifying information 21
provided by an individual to a H ope Navigator, is confidential 22
and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 23
Constitution. 24
(2) The Hope Florida Office shall allow access to 25
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confidential and exempt information in the Hope Florida case 26
management system: 27
(a) To an employee of a participating state agency for 28
purposes of periodic reporting or disclosure of information that 29
has been redacted to exclude personal identifying information. 30
(b) At the direction of the Governor or the Hope Florida 31
partner network. 32
(c) An employee of the Hope Florida Office for purposes of 33
approving or disapproving a request for additional assistance 34
within the purview of Hope Florida. 35
(3) All information released by the office under 36
subsection (2) remains confidential and exempt, and a pe rson who 37
receives access to such information must maintain the 38
confidential and exempt status of the information received. 39
(4) A person who willfully and knowingly violates this 40
section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as 41
provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 42
(5) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 43
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 44
on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 45
through reenactment by the Legislature. 46
Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date 47
that HB 1327 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 48
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 49
extension thereof and becomes a law. 50