HB 7041 — Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Interstate Compacts

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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records and meetings exemptions;

hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 Section 1.

hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 (b) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an exempt meeting or portion of such a meeting are exempt from s.

public records and meetings exemptions.— (1) A physical therapist's or physical therapist assistant's personal identifying information, other than the physical therapist's or physical therapist assistant's name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the coordinated database and reporting system described in article VIII of s.

(2)(a) A meeting or a portion of a meeting of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission or the executive board or any other committeePage of4of the7 commissionCODING: established in article VII of s.

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hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 486.112committee atof whichthe matterscommission specificallyestablished exemptedin fromarticle disclosureVII byof federal or state law are discussed is exempt from s.

486.112 at which matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state law are discussed is exempt from s.

(1) The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that a physician's, an audiologist's or a speech- language pathologist's, and a physical therapist's or physical therapist assistant's personal identifying information, other than the person's name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the coordinated database and reporting system described in Section 8 of s.

Protection of such information is required under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, and the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, Page 5of 7 CODING:

hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, and the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, each of which the state must adopt in order to become a member state of the respective compact.

In the absence of a public meetings exemption, the state would be prohibited from becoming a member state of the respective compact and, thus, prohibited from effectively and efficiently administering the Page 6of 7 CODING:

hb7041-00hb7041-01-c1 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 HB7041CS/HB7041 2024 becoming a member state of the respective compact and, thus, prohibited from effectively and efficiently administering the respective compact.

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