2004 Florida Code
TITLE XXX SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 430 ELDERLY AFFAIRS  
430.105   Confidentiality of information.

430.105  Confidentiality of information.--

(1)  Personal identifying information relating to an individual's health or eligibility for or receipt of health-related, elder care, or long-term care services received as a result of services rendered under any program administered or funded by the department is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, except as otherwise provided by law. Such information may be contained in records created by or received by the department or its service providers or obtained through files, reports, inspections, or otherwise by employees of the department, persons who volunteer services through programs administered by the department or its contract providers, or by contract providers. Information made confidential and exempt from the public records law under this section may not be disclosed publicly unless the affected client or elder person or his or her legal representative provides written consent.

(2)  This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.--s. 1, ch. 2001-194.