Senate File 2396 H-8368 Amend Senate File 2396, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 23, after line 20 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION ___ 4 COMMUNICATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE 5 Sec. ___. Section 622.10, subsection 9, paragraph a, Code 6 2024, is amended to read as follows: 7 a. A peer support group counselor or individual present 8 for a individual or group crisis intervention who obtains 9 information from an officer or a civilian employee of a law 10 enforcement agency , emergency management agency, emergency 11 medical services agency, or fire department by reason of the 12 counselor’s capacity as a peer support group counselor or an 13 individual’s presence for a group crisis intervention shall not 14 be allowed , in giving testimony, to disclose any confidential 15 communication properly entrusted to the counselor or individual 16 present for a an individual or group crisis intervention by 17 the officer or civilian employee while receiving counseling or 18 group crisis intervention , including in giving testimony . 19 Sec. ___. Section 622.10, subsection 9, paragraph c, 20 subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2024, are amended to read as 21 follows: 22 (1) “Officer” means a certified law enforcement officer, 23 fire fighter, emergency medical technician or medical provider , 24 paramedic, corrections officer, detention officer, jailer, 25 probation or parole officer, communications officer public 26 safety telecommunicator , dispatcher, emergency management 27 coordinator under chapter 29C , or any other law enforcement 28 officer certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy and 29 employed by a city, county, or state agency. 30 (2) “Peer support group counselor” “Peer support counselor” 31 means a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, civilian 32 employee of a law enforcement agency or fire department, or a 33 nonemployee counselor who has been designated as a peer support 34 group counselor by a sheriff, police chief, fire chief, or 35 -1- SF 2396.4384 (3) 90 jm/jh 1/ 2 #1.

department head of a law enforcement agency, fire department, 1 or emergency medical services agency , and who has received 2 training to provide emotional and moral support and counseling 3 to an officer or group who needs those services as a result of 4 an incident in which the officer or group was involved while 5 acting in the officer’s or group’s official capacity. > 6 2. Title page, line 1, after < to > by inserting < confidential 7 communications and to > 8 3. By renumbering as necessary. 9 ______________________________ GJERDE of Linn ______________________________ LOHSE of Polk -2- SF 2396.4384 (3) 90 jm/jh 2/ 2 #2. #3.