C.__A disclosure that is itself privileged is not a waiver of any privilege.

D.__A disclosure in confidence of a privilege under this section is not a waiver of the privilege if the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which the licensed counseling professional or licensed clinical social worker was consulted.

5.__No comment or inference permitted.__If a privilege under this section is or was exercised in the instant proceeding or on a prior occasion, neither the presiding officer nor counsel may comment upon the exercise of the privilege, and no presumption arises because of the exercise.__The trier of fact may not draw any inference from the exercise of the privilege as to the credibility of the witness or as to any matter at issue in the proceeding.__At the request of a party who may be adversely affected by an inference that may be drawn by the jury, the court shall instruct the jury that no presumption arises because of the exercise of the privilege and the jury may not draw an inference from the exercise of the privilege as to the credibility of the witness or as to any matter at issue in the proceeding.

6.__Court ruling on claim of privilege.__When a court is ruling on a privilege under this section and is unable to do so without requiring disclosure of the information claimed to be privileged, the court may require the persons from whom disclosure is sought or other person authorized to claim the privilege, or both, to disclose the information in chambers out of presence and hearing of all persons except the person authorized to claim the privilege and others permitted by that person.__If the judge determines that the information is privileged, neither the judge nor any other person may ever disclose what was disclosed in chambers without the consent of the person authorized to permit disclosure.

7.__Burden of proof.__When a privilege is claimed on the ground that the matter sought to be disclosed is a communication made in confidence in the course of the relationship between patient and LCP or patient and LCSW, the communication is presumed to have been made in confidence and the opponent of the claim of privilege has the burden of establishing that the communication was not confidential.

8.__Access for reimbursement or review not denied.__This section does not prevent a 3rd-party reimburser, in the ordinary course of determining eligibility for or entitlement to benefits, from inspecting and copying records relating to diagnosis,