SB 342 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Public Records/Agency for Health Care Administration

Summary

Public Records/Agency for Health Care Administration; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current or former personnel of the Agency for Health Care Administration and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such personnel; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 342 Filed → S 342 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands public records exemptions to protect the personal information of personnel working for the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), including their spouses and children. It adds AHCA investigators to a list of protected individuals whose home addresses, phone numbers, and other identifying information cannot be disclosed to the public. The exemption includes a sunset provision requiring legislative review by 2030.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from covering only a limited set of law enforcement and judicial personnel to now explicitly include AHCA investigators and related personnel who investigate health care fraud, abuse, or waste.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new exemption category (subparagraph z) for current or former AHCA personnel who investigate complaints against health care facilities, Medicaid fraud, or inspect health care facilities, along with their spouses and children.

Added numerous new categories of protected personnel including state attorneys, magistrates, code enforcement officers, public defenders, and addiction treatment facility staff, significantly broadening the bill's original scope.

TIMELINE

Added a sunset provision requiring the AHCA exemption to be reviewed and potentially repealed on October 2, 2030, unless the Legislature renews it.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the effective date from the original version to October 1, 2025, and added provisions for retroactive application of the exemption.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025

How they voted

34–4

Passed

Total votes 38

Apr 23, 2025

D Democratic10

7 Yea 3 Nay

70% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

26 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 4

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors