Title: Public Records and Public Meetings Exemptions

Summary: Eliminating requirements that the closed portion of a meeting of the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local committee at which specified identifying information is discussed be recorded, and that no portion of such meeting be off the record, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to public records and public meetings exemptions; amending s. 383.412, F.S.; eliminating requirements that the closed portion of a meeting of the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local committee at which specified identifying information is discussed be recorded, and that no portion of such meeting be off the record; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 383.412, Florida Statutes, is reenacted, and subsection (3) of that section is amended, to read: 383.412 Public records and public meetings exemptions.  (2)(a) Any information that reveals the identity of the surviving siblings, family members, or others living in the home of a deceased child who is the subject of review by and which information is held by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local committee is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. (b) Information made confidential or exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution that is obtained by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local committee shall retain its confidential or exempt status. (3) (a)  Portions of meetings of the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local committee at which information made confidential and exempt pursuant to subsection (2) is discussed are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. The closed portion of a meeting must be recorded, and no portion of the closed meeting may be off the record. The recording shall be maintained by the State Child Abuse Death Review Com mittee or a local committee. (b) The recording of a closed portion of a meeting is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.