Section 744.2104 - Access to records by the Office of Public and Professional Guardians; confidentiality(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any medical, financial, or mental health records held by an agency, or the court and its agencies, or financial audits prepared by the clerk of the court pursuant to s. 744.368 and held by the court, which are necessary as part of an investigation of a guardian as a result of a complaint filed with the Office of Public and Professional Guardians to evaluate the public guardianship system, to assess the need for additional public guardianship, or to develop required reports, shall be provided to the Office of Public and Professional Guardians or its designee upon that office's request. Any confidential or exempt information provided to the Office of Public and Professional Guardians shall continue to be held confidential or exempt as otherwise provided by law.(2) All records held by the Office of Public and Professional Guardians relating to the medical, financial, or mental health of vulnerable adults as defined in chapter 415, persons with a developmental disability as defined in chapter 393, or persons with a mental illness as defined in chapter 394, shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.s. 1, ch. 99-278; s. 112, ch. 2000-349; s. 1, ch. 2004-361; s. 21, ch. 2016-40; s. 1, ch. 2018-68.Amended by 2018 Fla. Laws, ch. 68, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Renumbered from Fla. Stat. s 744.7081 by 2016 Fla. Laws, ch. 40, s 21, eff. 3/10/2016.