Bill Text: CA AB1116 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Firefighters: peer support.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2019. [AB1116 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1116-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
July 11, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 24, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Grayson (Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Burke, Limón, Ramos, Waldron, and Wood) (Coauthor: Senator Dodd) |
February 21, 2019 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Article 21 (commencing with Section 8669) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:Article 21. Firefighter Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Pilot Program
8669.
This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Firefighter Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Pilot Program.8669.1.
For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a)“Communication” means all oral communications, information, notes, records, and reports made by emergency service personnel, a peer support team member, or crisis referral service staff, and arising from the delivery of peer support services or crisis referral services.
(a)A communication made by emergency service personnel or a peer support team member while the peer support team member provides peer support services is confidential and shall not be disclosed in a civil, administrative, or arbitration proceeding.
8669.2.
(a) An emergency service personnel, whether or not a party to the 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 in a civil, administrative, or arbitration proceeding.
8669.3.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), an emergency service personnel who8669.4.
(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall contract with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee to develop and deliver a fire service peer support training course and review and approve existing curriculum that meets the standards established in this article, that a peer support team member shall complete to provide peer support services for firefighters and to be eligible for the protections of this article.8669.5.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,8669.6.
This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.SEC. 3.
Article 22 (commencing with Section 8669.7) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:Article 22. Emergency Service Personnel
8669.7.
(a)(1)“Communication” means all oral communications, information, notes, records, and reports made by emergency service personnel, a peer support team member, or crisis referral service staff, and arising from the
delivery of peer support services or crisis referral services.
(d)