HB 17-1032 Summary

• Establishes evidentiary privilege protecting communications between law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical service providers, and rescue unit members with peer support team members from being testified about in court without consent.

• Extends privilege protection to recipients of individual peer support services, preventing them from being examined as witnesses regarding communications made during peer support.

• Privilege applies only to communications made during individual, one-on-one interactions conducted by a peer support team member.

• Privilege does not apply when peer support team members receive information indicating actual or suspected child abuse, child neglect, or crimes against at-risk persons as defined in Colorado law.

• Act takes effect upon passage and applies to all peer support services supplied on or after the effective date.