HOUSE BILL No. 6661

 

November 13, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Meisner and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 18117 (MCL 333.18117), as amended by 1998 PA

 

496.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 18117. For the purposes of this part, the confidential

 

relations and communications between a licensed professional

 

counselor or a limited licensed counselor and a client of the

 

licensed professional counselor or a limited licensed counselor are

 

privileged communications, and this part does not require a

 

privileged communication to be disclosed, except as otherwise

 

provided by law. Confidential information may be disclosed only

 

upon consent of the client, pursuant to section 16222 if the

 

licensee reasonably believes it is necessary to disclose the

 


information to comply with section 16222, or under section 16281.

 

For purposes of this section, privileged information includes

 

psychological evaluations and psychological tests.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6659(request no.

 

07492'08).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6660(request no.

 

07492'08 a).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6662(request no.

 

07492'08 c).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6663(request no.

 

07492'08 d).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6664(request no.

 

07492'08 e).