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Committee advances bill to extend confidentiality protections to peer support team members
Summary
The Colorado Senate committee advanced House Bill 1087 as amended to extend statutory confidentiality to peer support team interactions for public safety and emergency personnel; sponsors said the change is intended to preserve privacy and encourage use of support services.
Senators on the Senate Health & Human Services Committee voted to send House Bill 1087, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation and placed it on the consent calendar after adopting an amendment that clarifies who may be the subject of a reported threat.
The bill would add statutory confidentiality protections for communications made during peer support interactions, extending protections similar to an existing court-related confidentiality statute. Sponsors and witnesses said the change aims to preserve privacy so first responders and other public safety personnel will use peer support services without fear…
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