SB 93 - This act creates the crime of endangering a corrections employee if an offender or prisoner causes such an employee to come into contact with bodily fluids. This offense is a Class D felony. This act makes it a Class B felony if a person endangers a corrections employee by knowingly putting the employee in danger of contracting HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. If a person causes an employee to come in contact with an unidentified substance, it is a Class A misdemeanor. This act also removes inmates and correctional facilities from Section 565.092. This act is similar to SB 986 (2004). SUSAN HENDERSON
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