House Amendment to Senate File 2396 S-5231 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 2396.4513.H (1) 90 md 1/ 4 #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. Page 23, after line 20 by inserting: 7 < DIVISION ___ 8 LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAMS 9 Sec. ___. Section 99G.39, Code 2024, is amended by adding 10 the following new subsection: 11 NEW SUBSECTION . 5A. Two million dollars in lottery revenues 12 shall be transferred each fiscal year to the length of service 13 award program grant fund created in section 100B.52 prior to 14 deposit of the lottery revenues in the general fund of the 15 state pursuant to section 99G.40. 16 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 100B.51 Length of service award 17 programs —— authorization. 18 The governing body of a municipality, as defined in section 19 100B.21, is authorized to establish a length of service award 20 program for volunteer fire fighters as defined in section 21 85.61, emergency medical care providers as defined in section 22 147A.1 who are volunteers, and reserve peace officers as 23 defined in section 80D.1A. The program shall provide length 24 of service awards, as described in section 457(e)(11) of the 25 Internal Revenue Code, to volunteer fire fighters, volunteer 26 emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers 27 serving a municipality that elects to establish a program. The 28 program shall be designed to treat awards from the program as 29 a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code. The 30 governing body of the municipality shall, in consultation with 31 the chief or other person in command of the fire department 32 and police department serving the municipality, as applicable, 33 adopt guidelines providing for eligibility requirements for 34 participation by volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency 35 -2- SF 2396.4513.H (1) 90 md 2/ 4 #2.

medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, minimum 1 vesting requirements, distribution requirements, and such other 2 guidelines as deemed necessary to operate the program. 3 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 100B.52 Length of service award 4 program grant fund —— appropriation. 5 1. A length of service award program grant fund is created 6 in the state treasury under the control of the department of 7 revenue. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to 8 the fund. 9 2. Moneys in the length of service award program grant fund 10 are appropriated to the department of revenue for the purpose 11 of providing grants to municipalities that have established 12 a length of service award program as described in section 13 100B.51 to provide contributions to the program on behalf 14 of participants in the program. The department of revenue 15 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing a grant 16 application process. The rules must require a municipality to 17 electronically file the grant application with the department 18 of revenue. The grant process shall provide for up to a 19 dollar-for-dollar funding match from a municipality that has 20 established a length of service award program, not to exceed 21 five hundred dollars per person in the program receiving the 22 grant. If the amount in the fund is insufficient to pay all the 23 eligible grants in a fiscal year, the director of revenue shall 24 prorate the moneys awarded to each municipality. The grant 25 process shall allow a municipality to use moneys received to 26 fund the program from gifts, devises, bequests, or any other 27 source for purposes of providing the funding match required by 28 this subsection. 29 3. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or 30 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to 31 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the 32 fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year. 33 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 34 effect January 1, 2025. > 35 -3- SF 2396.4513.H (1) 90 md 3/ 4