House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2529
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2333)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
confidential
communications
between
a
peer
1
support
group
counselor
and
specified
individuals.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
622.10,
subsection
9,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
1
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
A
peer
support
group
counselor
who
obtains
information
3
from
an
officer
or
a
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
4
agency
or
fire
department
by
reason
of
the
counselor’s
capacity
5
as
a
peer
support
group
counselor
shall
not
be
allowed,
in
6
giving
testimony,
to
disclose
any
confidential
communication
7
properly
entrusted
to
the
counselor
by
the
officer
or
civilian
8
employee
while
receiving
counseling.
9
b.
The
prohibition
in
this
subsection
does
not
apply
10
where
the
officer
or
civilian
employee
has
consented
to
the
11
disclosure
of
the
information
specified
in
paragraph
“a”
12
or
where
the
peer
support
group
counselor
was
an
initial
13
responding
officer,
a
witness,
or
a
party
to
the
incident
which
14
prompted
the
delivery
of
peer
support
group
counseling
services
15
to
the
officer
or
civilian
employee
.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
Code
section
622.10(9)
provides
that
a
peer
support
group
20
counselor
who
obtains
information
from
an
officer
by
reason
21
of
the
counselor’s
capacity
as
a
peer
support
group
counselor
22
shall
not
be
allowed,
in
giving
testimony,
to
disclose
any
23
confidential
communications
properly
entrusted
to
the
counselor
24
by
the
officer
while
receiving
counseling.
Code
section
25
622.10(9)
also
creates
exceptions
in
cases
where
the
officer
26
has
given
the
officer’s
consent
to
the
disclosure
of
such
27
information
and
where
the
peer
support
group
counselor
was
28
an
initial
responding
officer,
a
witness,
or
a
party
to
the
29
incident
which
prompted
the
delivery
of
counseling
services.
30
This
bill
adds
the
confidential
communications
between
a
31
peer
support
group
counselor
and
a
civilian
employee
of
a
32
law
enforcement
agency
or
fire
department
to
the
provisions
33
prohibiting
disclosure
of
such
communications
and
the
34
exceptions
to
the
prohibition.
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