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FL S0222

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gayle Harrell

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts social workers' personal identifying information (except name, licensure status, and licensure number) obtained from the Social Work Licensure Compact data system and held by the Department of Health or the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling from public records requirements
  • Allows disclosure of exempt information only if authorized by the law of the state that originally reported it to the data system, and only to the extent that state's law permits
  • Exempts meetings or portions of meetings of the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission, its executive committee, or other committees from public meetings requirements when discussing 12 specified categories of sensitive matters, including threatened litigation, employee discipline, trade secrets, law enforcement records, and compact compliance investigations
  • Exempts recordings, minutes, and records generated during closed portions of commission meetings from public records requirements, and requires the presiding officer to state on the record that the meeting is closed and cite the relevant exemption
  • Subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and scheduled for automatic repeal on October 2, 2030, unless reenacted by the Legislature; takes effect contingent on the passage of SB 220 (the underlying Social Work Licensure Compact bill) in the same legislative session

Legislative Description

Public Records and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Compact

Last Action

Died in Health Policy

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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