Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/25/2021

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C. The City will not offer counseling services to any officer involved in a critical incident if the City's Workers Compensation provider agrees to pay for mental health services arising out of the same critical incident. D. All counseling services offered pursuant to this agreement must be utilized within two years of an officer's involvement in a critical incident, E. The officer may attend counseling appointments while on -duty, without using acomed paid leave time. 3. Financial Limitations. The City will pay up to a maximum of $2,500 towards any counseling service for an individual officer involved in a critical incident. If an individual officer chooses to receive additional counseling, that officer is responsible for p aying for such counseling. 4. Authorization Required. As a condition of receiving counseling services pursuant to this agreement, an officer niust.hring a signed note from the counselor to inform the' City's Human Resources Manager of the date and time the officer received such services. 5. Relationship with Counselor. It is the parties' intention that any officer who seeks counseling services pursuant to this Agreement will be considered to be the patient or the client of the individual or entity selected to provide those services, regardless 'of the City's financial contribution towards the cost of such:services. 6. Data Privacy. All data collected, created, received, maintained, or disseminated by . the City pursuant to this Agreement shall be classified pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. The City acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent that it provides data to the individual or entity selected to provide counseling services, its contract with such individual or entity is governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 13 , 05, subdivision 6. FOR THE CITY f f RAMS V: BY: Mayor ATTEST: City Aiministrator /2 Date Date 19