HF 2386: Relating to disclosure of psychological test material

What it does

This bill relates to disclosures of psychological test material. The bill allows a person in possession of psychological test material, unless otherwise ordered by a court, to disclose the psychological test material of an individual if a demand for psychological test material has been made pursuant to a discovery request or a subpoena issued in litigation in a civil action and the cognitive abilities of the individual who is the subject of the test are at issue in the litigation. The bill provides that a court shall seal psychological test material by a protective order and bar such material from disclosure to any person not directly involved in the litigation if, in a civil action involving sexual abuse, the court receives such material from the subject of the test.

Lobbying · 1 for, 11 against

For: Iowa Defense Counsel Association

Against: American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association; Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society; Iowa Psychological Association; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa; National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter; Sellers Galenbeck and Nelson

In plain words

1. February 14, 2022Filed in the House