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House committee advances bill to protect confidentiality of first-responder peer support team members
Summary
The House Health & Human Services Committee approved an amendment and voted to advance a bill that removes peer support team members for first responders from DORA regulation and clarifies confidentiality protections, sending the measure to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.
A House committee on Feb. 14 approved a measure to clarify confidentiality for peer support team members who assist first responders and moved the bill to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.
Representative Amy Armagost, the bill sponsor, told the House Health & Human Services Committee the legislation is intended to “encourage more first responders to be able to communicate with their peer support team members in personal matters or even post-incident matters.” She said the change would allow peers to be “a more reliable and trustworthy peer” for first…
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