Bill Text: FL H4015 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Privacy of Firearm Owners
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee [H4015 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H4015-Introduced.html
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2 | An act relating to the privacy of firearm owners; |
3 | repealing s. 790.338, F.S., relating to medical |
4 | privacy concerning firearms; amending s. 381.026, |
5 | F.S.; deleting provisions providing that unless the |
6 | information is relevant to the patient's medical care |
7 | or safety, or the safety of others, inquiries |
8 | regarding firearm ownership or possession should not |
9 | be made by licensed health care providers or health |
10 | care facilities, providing that a patient may decline |
11 | to provide information regarding the ownership or |
12 | possession of firearms, clarifying that a physician's |
13 | authority to choose his or her patients is not altered |
14 | by the act, prohibiting discrimination by licensed |
15 | health care providers or health care facilities based |
16 | solely upon a patient's firearm ownership or |
17 | possession, and prohibiting harassment of a patient |
18 | regarding firearm ownership during an examination by a |
19 | licensed health care provider or health care facility; |
20 | amending s. 456.072, F.S.; conforming provisions to |
21 | changes made by the act; providing an effective date. |
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23 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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25 | Section 1. Section 790.338, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
26 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
27 | 381.026, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
28 | 381.026 Florida Patient's Bill of Rights and |
29 | Responsibilities.- |
30 | (4) RIGHTS OF PATIENTS.-Each health care facility or |
31 | provider shall observe the following standards: |
32 | (b) Information.- |
33 | 1. A patient has the right to know the name, function, and |
34 | qualifications of each health care provider who is providing |
35 | medical services to the patient. A patient may request such |
36 | information from his or her responsible provider or the health |
37 | care facility in which he or she is receiving medical services. |
38 | 2. A patient in a health care facility has the right to |
39 | know what patient support services are available in the |
40 | facility. |
41 | 3. A patient has the right to be given by his or her |
42 | health care provider information concerning diagnosis, planned |
43 | course of treatment, alternatives, risks, and prognosis, unless |
44 | it is medically inadvisable or impossible to give this |
45 | information to the patient, in which case the information must |
46 | be given to the patient's guardian or a person designated as the |
47 | patient's representative. A patient has the right to refuse this |
48 | information. |
49 | 4. A patient has the right to refuse any treatment based |
50 | on information required by this paragraph, except as otherwise |
51 | provided by law. The responsible provider shall document any |
52 | such refusal. |
53 | 5. A patient in a health care facility has the right to |
54 | know what facility rules and regulations apply to patient |
55 | conduct. |
56 | 6. A patient has the right to express grievances to a |
57 | health care provider, a health care facility, or the appropriate |
58 | state licensing agency regarding alleged violations of patients' |
59 | rights. A patient has the right to know the health care |
60 | provider's or health care facility's procedures for expressing a |
61 | grievance. |
62 | 7. A patient in a health care facility who does not speak |
63 | English has the right to be provided an interpreter when |
64 | receiving medical services if the facility has a person readily |
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93 | Section 3. Paragraph (nn) of subsection (1) of section |
94 | 456.072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
95 | 456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.- |
96 | (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for which |
97 | the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may be |
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100 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |
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