Ind. Code § 12-18-9-12

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 12-18-9-12 - Members; immunity

Members of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee and individuals who attend a meeting of the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee as invitees of the chairperson:

(1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee;

(2) are bound by all applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of matters reviewed by the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee; and

(3) except when acting:

(A) with malice;

(B) in bad faith; or

(C) with gross negligence;

are immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed as a result of communicating among themselves about confidential matters that are before the statewide domestic violence fatality review committee.

IC 12-18-9-12

Added by P.L. 258-2017,SEC. 13, eff. 7/1/2017.