Amendment ID: S2020-8-R4

4th Redraft Amendment 8

School Screening Confidentiality

Messrs. Brownsberger and Joyce move to amend the bill in SECTION 9 by striking Section 57A and inserting in place thereof the following section:- “Section 57A.  Any statement, response or disclosure provided by a pupil during a verbal substance abuse screening shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by a person receiving the statement, response or disclosure to any other person without the prior written consent of the pupil on a form to be approved by the Department of Public Health or in cases of immediate medical emergency and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in any civil, criminal, legislative or administrative proceeding. No record of any such statement, response or disclosure shall be made in any form, written, electronic, or otherwise, which includes information identifying the pupil.”