§ 7-23-102 — Peer support counseling session communications; confidentiality; applicability

(a) Any communication made by a participant or peer
support specialist in a peer support counseling session, and any
oral or written information conveyed in or as the result of a
peer support counseling session, shall be confidential and shall
not be disclosed by any person participating in or conducting
the peer support counseling session.
(b) Any communication between peer support specialists
relating to a peer 3 506support counseling session, between peer
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support specialists and the supervisors or staff of an employee
assistance program or between the supervisors or staff of an
employee assistance program shall be confidential and shall not
be disclosed.
(c) This section shall apply only to peer support
counseling sessions conducted by a peer support specialist.
(d) This section shall apply to all oral communications,
notes, records and reports arising out of a peer support
counseling session. Any notes, records or reports arising out of
a peer support counseling session shall not be public records
and shall not be available for inspection or disclosure under
the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205.
Nothing in this section limits the discovery or introduction
into evidence of knowledge acquired by any law enforcement
officer or emergency services personnel from observations made
during the course of employment, or material or information
acquired during the course of employment, that is otherwise
subject to discovery or introduction into evidence.
(e) This section shall not apply to any:
(i) Threat of suicide or criminal act made by a
participant in a peer support counseling session, or any
information conveyed in a peer support counseling session
relating to a threat of suicide or criminal act;
(ii) Information relating to abuse of spouses,
children or the elderly, or other information that is required
to be reported by law;
(iii) Admission of criminal conduct;
(iv) Disclosure of testimony by a participant who
received peer support counseling services and expressly
consented to the disclosure; or
(v) Disclosure of testimony by the surviving spouse
or executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased
participant who received peer support counseling services and
the surviving spouse or executor or administrator expressly
consented to the disclosure.
(f) This section shall not prohibit any communications
between peer support specialists who conduct peer support
counseling sessions, or any communications between peer support
specialists and the supervisors or staff of an employee
assistance program.
(g) This section shall not prohibit communications
regarding the fitness of an employee for duty between an
employee assistance program and an employer.