HB 1902 -- Endangering a Mental Health Employee

Sponsor:  Guernsey

This bill creates the crime of endangering a Department of Mental
Health employee, a visitor or other person at a secure facility,
or another offender when a person attempts to cause or knowingly
causes these individuals to come into contact with blood, seminal
fluid, urine, feces, or saliva.  Anyone committing this crime
will be guilty of a class D felony unless the substance is
unidentified in which case it will be a class A misdemeanor.  If
the person committing the crime is knowingly infected with the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C, or hepatitis B
and exposes another person to the illness in the commission of
the crime, he or she will be guilty of a class C felony.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm