OR HB3929

Expands confidentiality protections for peer support services to cover a broader range of public safety workers, including employees of county sheriffs, municipal police, Oregon State Police, Department of Corrections, parole/probation officers, telecommunicators, and medical examiner offices

Requires peer supporters to be designated by their agency and receive approved training before confidentiality protections apply to communications made during peer support services

Makes all communications, notes, records, and reports from peer support services confidential, inadmissible in judicial/administrative/arbitration proceedings, and exempt from public records disclosure

Allows confidentiality protections to apply when peer supporters and recipients work for different employers, and covers both individual and group peer support services related to traumatic events

Excludes from confidentiality protections any threats of suicide or homicide, mandatory abuse reporting information, and admissions of criminal conduct