HB1167

This bill creates a new confidentiality rule protecting private conversations between students and school counselors, psychologists, or social workers—these professionals generally cannot share what a student tells them with anyone else without written permission from the student's parent or guardian. However, the bill requires these school employees to tell parents what the student said unless they suspect the parent has abused or neglected the child. The bill also clarifies that this confidentiality protection does not apply in cases where child abuse or neglect is being investigated.