Bill Text: VA HB856 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Critical incident stress management teams; privileged information regarding criminal acts, etc.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148) [HB856 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB856-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 856 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 11, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-271.4, relating to critical incident stress management teams; privileged communications by certain public safety personnel. ---------- Patron-- Yost ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 19.2 a section numbered 19.2-271.4 as follows:

§19.2-271.4. Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel.

A. No person who is a member of a critical incident stress management team established pursuant to subdivision A 13 of §32.1-111.3 shall disclose any information communicated to him by public safety personnel who are the subjects of such peer support services regarding a critical incident. Such information shall also be exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).

B. Public safety personnel whose communications are privileged under subsection A may waive the privilege.