California Evidence Code

§ 1038.2

EVID § 1038.2 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 8 · Ch. 4 · Art. 8.8

Statute text

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)“Confidential communication” means all information, including, but not limited to, written and oral communication, transmitted between the victim and the human trafficking caseworker in the course of their relationship and in confidence by a means which, so far as the victim is aware, discloses the information to no third persons other than those who are present to further the interests of the victim in the consultation or those to whom disclosures are reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or an accomplishment of the purposes for which the human trafficking caseworker is consulted and made with the victim’s knowledge and consent. “Confidential communication” includes all information regarding the facts and circumstances relating to all incidences of human trafficking, as well as all information about the children of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the human trafficker.

(b)“Holder of the privilege” means:

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 114. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.