HB 1498 -- Sexual Offenses

Co-Sponsors:  Johnson (90), Britt, Hosmer, McKenna, Harding,
Jolly, Shoemyer (9), Willoughby, Berkowitz

This bill makes it a class B misdemeanor for an owner or employee
of a skilled nursing facility or of an Alzheimer's special unit
or program to have sexual contact with a resident of the facility
or with a client in his or her care.  Second or subsequent
violations are class A misdemeanors.  In addition, sexual
intercourse or deviant sexual intercourse in these cases is a
class D felony and second or subsequent violations are class C
felonies.  An employee who is married to a resident or client and
engages in this activity with his or her spouse is exempt from
prosecution.

The bill also creates the crime of sexual contact with a prison
inmate.  Any employee or other person working in any correctional
facility who engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual
intercourse with any inmate or other resident of the facility is
guilty of this crime, a class D felony.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:01 am