FL H1341

Creates a public records exemption for personal identifying information held in the Clearinghouse for Compassionate and Palliative Care Plans managed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, making such information confidential and exempt from disclosure.

Allows the agency to disclose exempted information upon request to physicians treating terminally ill patients, terminally ill patients themselves (or their legal guardians or designated health care surrogates), and health care facilities providing treatment, subject to identity verification.

Exemption automatically repeals on October 2, 2023, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts it under the Open Government Sunset Review Act.

Establishes that disclosure of personal identifying information about terminally ill patients and their care plans could invade privacy, hinder clearinghouse administration, reduce participation in palliative care, and enable harassment or intimidation of patients and their families.

Takes effect on the same date as HB 1339 or similar legislation, if adopted in the same legislative session and signed into law.