AB576,,77(a) “Agency” means a law enforcement agency, a tribal law enforcement agency, a fire protection or emergency medical service agency, or any other agency that employs law enforcement officers, tribal law enforcement officers, correctional officers, jail officers, juvenile detention officers, fire fighters, dispatchers, emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, public safety personnel, or ambulance service provider personnel.

AB576,,88(b) “Ambulance service provider” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (3).

AB576,,99(c) “Communication” means an oral statement, written statement, note, record, report, or document made during or arising out of a meeting between a recipient of peer support services or critical incident stress management services and a peer support team member or a critical incident stress management services team member.

AB576,,1010(d) “Correctional officer” has the meaning given in s. 301.28 (1).

AB576,,1111(e) “Critical incident” means an actual or perceived event or situation that involves a crisis, disaster, trauma, or emergency.

AB576,,1212(f) “Critical incident stress management services” means services provided by a critical incident stress management services team or a critical incident stress management services team member to any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, or civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency affected by a critical incident and designed to assist the individual affected by a critical incident to cope with critical incident stress or to mitigate reactions to critical incident stress. “Critical incident stress management services” includes any of the following:

AB576,,13131. Critical incident stress defusings.

AB576,,14142. Critical incident stress debriefings.

AB576,,15153. On-scene support services.

AB576,,16164. One-on-one support services.

AB576,,1717(g) “Critical incident stress management services team member” means any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency, or other person who has been trained in critical incident stress management services and officially designated by the agency head or the agency head’s designee to be a member of the agency’s critical incident stress management services team.

AB576,,1818(h) “Emergency medical responder” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (4p).

AB576,,1919(i) “Emergency medical services practitioner” has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (5).

AB576,,2020(j) “Fire fighter” means any person employed by the state or a political subdivision as a member or officer of a fire department or a member of a volunteer fire department, including the state fire marshal and deputies.

AB576,,2121(k) “Jail officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (bn).

AB576,,2222(L) “Juvenile detention facility” has the meaning given in s. 48.02 (10r).

AB576,,2323(m) “Juvenile detention officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (bt).

AB576,,2424(n) “Law enforcement agency” means a governmental unit of one or more persons employed full time by this state or a political subdivision of this state for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime and enforcing state laws or local ordinances, employees of which unit are authorized to make arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority.

AB576,,2525(o) “Law enforcement officer” means any person employed by the state or a political subdivision for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances the person is employed to enforce, whether that enforcement authority extends to all laws or ordinances or is limited to specific laws or ordinances. “Law enforcement officer” includes a person appointed as a conservation warden by the department of natural resources under s. 23.10 (1).

AB576,,2626(p) “Peer support services” means any debriefing, defusing, on-scene, or one-on-one session provided by a peer support team member that provides emotional and moral support to any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, or civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency affected by stress or an incident, whether personal or professional.

AB576,,2727(q) “Peer support team member” means any law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, jail officer, juvenile detention officer, fire fighter, dispatcher, emergency medical responder, emergency medical services practitioner, public safety personnel, ambulance service provider personnel, civilian employee or volunteer member of a law enforcement agency, or other person who has been trained in peer support services and officially designated by the agency head or the agency head’s designee to be a member of the agency’s peer support team.

AB576,,2828(r) “Political subdivision” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (d).

AB576,,2929(s) “Public safety personnel” means an employee of a governmental entity who, by virtue of the person’s job duties, provides support to peace officers, including dispatchers, public safety telecommunicators, crime scene and crime laboratory technicians, and criminal analysts.

AB576,,3030(t) “Trained” means a person who has successfully completed an approved peer support training program or an approved critical incident stress management training program.