California Government Code

§ 8669.20

GOV § 8669.20 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 7 · Art. 21

Statute text

(a)In any civil, administrative, or arbitration proceeding, an emergency service personnel, whether or not a party to an action, has a right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication between the emergency service personnel and a peer support team member made while the peer support team member was providing peer support services, or a confidential communication made to a crisis hotline or crisis referral service.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a confidential communication described in subdivision (a) may be disclosed only under the following circumstances:

(1)The peer support team member reasonably must make an appropriate referral of the emergency service personnel to, or consult about the emergency service personnel with, another member of the peer support team or a peer support team clinician associated with the peer support team.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 388, Sec. 2. (AB 1116) Effective January 1, 2020.