FL S7014

Amends s. 893.0551, F.S. to restrict disclosure of prescription drug monitoring program information to only data relevant to active investigations that prompted the request.

Requires the Attorney General, health care regulatory boards, and law enforcement agencies to redact or delete nonrelevant confidential information before disclosing data to criminal justice agencies.

Mandates law enforcement agencies obtain a court-issued subpoena based on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity before receiving prescription drug monitoring database information.

Authorizes health care practitioners to disclose patient information to the patient or patient's legal representative and place such information in medical records with written consent.

Removes the sunset provision (scheduled for October 2, 2014) making the public records exemption permanent, and changes mandatory disclosure language to permissive disclosure where appropriate.