FL H1107

Creates s. 440.1851, F.S., making the personal identifying information (name, date of birth, home/mailing address, email, and telephone number) of injured or deceased employees confidential and exempt from public records requirements when held by the Department of Financial Services under the Workers' Compensation Law.

Permits disclosure only to specified parties, including the injured employee or deceased employee's family/estate representative, party litigants before the Office of Judges of Compensation Claims, carriers or employers investigating claim compensability or fraud, agencies performing anti-fraud functions, federal entities, or pursuant to a court order or subpoena.

Applies retroactively to personal identifying information held by the department before, on, or after the effective date of July 1, 2017.

Establishes that willful and knowing disclosure of protected information to an unauthorized person or entity constitutes a first-degree misdemeanor.

Subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and scheduled for automatic repeal on October 2, 2022, unless reenacted by the Legislature.