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MO HB1631
Bill
Status
1/13/2010
Primary Sponsor
Darrell Pollock
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AI Summary
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Expands section 565.200 to apply to owners, employees, and persons assigned to work in any health care facility licensed under chapter 197 or long-term care facilities, beyond just skilled nursing facilities and Alzheimer's units.
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Sexual contact with a resident or patient is a class B misdemeanor for first offense and class A misdemeanor for subsequent violations.
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Sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a resident or patient is a class A misdemeanor for first offense and class D felony for subsequent violations.
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Exempts from prosecution persons who are married to the resident or patient with whom they engage in sexual conduct.
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Consent of the victim is not a defense to prosecution under this section.
Legislative Description
Expands the crime of sexual contact with a patient to when an owner, employee, or a person assigned to work in any health care or long-term care facility has sexual or deviate sexual intercourse with a patient
Last Action
Referred: Rules - Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)
2/25/2010