1. (a) Members of a SOFR team and individuals who attend a SOFR team meeting as invitees of the team chairperson:

   1. (1) may discuss, among themselves, confidential matters that are before the SOFR team;
   2. (2) are bound by all applicable laws concerning the confidentiality of the matters reviewed by the SOFR team; and

   3. (3) except as provided in subsection (b), may not be:

      1. (A) disciplined;
      2. (B) criminally prosecuted; or

      3. (C) held administratively or civilly liable;

         for the sharing or discussion of any confidential matter before the SOFR team during a SOFR team meeting.

2. (b) The immunity described in subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a SOFR team member or a SOFR team invitee who discloses confidential information:

   1. (1) with malice;
   2. (2) in bad faith; or
   3. (3) negligently.

As added by P.L.112-2020, SEC.53.