MN SF51

Creates new law establishing critical incident stress management services for emergency service providers including peace officers, firefighters, dispatchers, correctional officers, and medical personnel.

Defines crisis intervention services to include peer counseling, debriefings, defusings, suicide prevention, posttraumatic stress prevention, and resilience training provided by critical incident stress management team members.

Prohibits disclosure of information obtained through crisis intervention services to third parties, with exception allowing disclosure if necessary to prevent harm to the person receiving services or another person.

Makes statements made during critical incident stress management proceedings inadmissible in administrative, civil, or criminal proceedings.

Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.973 regarding public safety peer counseling and debriefing.