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Florida Statute 400.494 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 400.494 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 400.494 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
400.494 Information about patients confidential.—
(1) Information about patients received by persons employed by, or providing services to, a home health agency or received by the licensing agency through reports or inspection shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall only be disclosed to any person, other than the patient, as permitted under the provisions of 45 C.F.R. ss. 160.102, 160.103, and 164, subpart A, commonly referred to as the HIPAA Privacy Regulation; except that clinical records described in ss. 381.004, 384.29, 385.202, 392.65, 394.4615, 395.404, 397.501, and 760.40 shall be disclosed as authorized in those sections.
(2) This section does not apply to information lawfully requested by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Legal Affairs.
History.—s. 48, ch. 75-233; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 20, ch. 90-347; s. 23, ch. 93-214; s. 229, ch. 96-406; s. 4, ch. 2000-163; s. 7, ch. 2005-243.

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·Forsberg v. Hous. Auth. of City of Miami B., 455 So. 2d 373 (Fla. 1984).

Cited 27 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 10 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2511

...rvices provided retarded persons); § 395.0115(3) (licensed facilities disciplinary records); § 396.112 (alcoholic treatment records); § 397.053, .096 (drug abuse treatment records); § 400.321 (records concerning abuse of nursing home residents); § 400.494 (home health agency records); § 402.32(4)(h) (school health agency records); § 413.012 (Blind Services vocational rehabilitation records); § 415.51 (child abuse records); § 415.608 (spouse abuse center records); § 455.241(2) (patient...
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