FL S1214

Exempts applications, forms, records, interviews, reports, physician's statements, and drug test results related to medical cannabis held by the Department of Health, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and Department of Revenue from public records disclosure requirements.

Makes medical cannabis information confidential and prevents use in legal proceedings, discovery, or public/private proceedings except as authorized under part III of chapter 499, Florida Statutes.

Establishes the exemption as subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act, with automatic repeal on October 2, 2018, unless reenacted by the Legislature.

Identifies protection of patient and caregiver privacy as the public necessity justification, citing concerns about identity disclosure, medical condition revelation, embarrassment, discrimination, and potential targeting for robbery or drug-related crimes.

Takes effect July 1, 2013, contingent upon passage and enactment of companion legislation (SB ___) that legalizes medical cannabis use in the same legislative session.