Subcommittee advances narrow public‑records exemption for emergency physicians
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Summary
HB 251 would exempt certain personal identifying information of current emergency physicians and family members (children up to age 26) from public records; the exemption is subject to Open Government Sunset Review and was reported favorably 15‑0 after a narrowing amendment.
Representative Esposito presented HB 251 to provide a limited public‑records exemption for emergency physicians and their families. The sponsor described the exemption as narrowly tailored to current emergency physicians and their children up to age 26.
An amendment narrowed the exemption to current (not former) ER physicians, limited covered children to those up to age 26, and made the exemption subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act.
Support was waved in by representatives of the Florida Hospital Association and the Florida College of Emergency Physicians. The committee adopted the amendment and voted 15‑0 to report the bill favorably.
If enacted, the exemption would remove specified personal information from public disclosure for current emergency physicians and certain immediate family members until the sunset review process or further legislative action.
