Mo. Gov. Nixon signs bill creating crime of spitting on mental health workers

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Mo. Gov. Nixon signs bill creating crime of spitting on mental health workers

By Associated Press

4:03 AM CDT, June 21, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sexually violent predators who spit or urinate on

mental health workers could face new criminal penalties.

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed the legislation into law. It allows for a felony

charge against a violent sexual predator who knowingly causes mental health

workers to be in contact with various bodily fluids.

The crime carries maximum penalties of four years in prison or a $5,000 fine. If

the offender is infected with HIV or hepatitis B or C, the maximum prison term

would be seven years.

A similar provision makes it a crime for prison inmates to spit or urinate on

employees of the state Corrections Department.

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Mental Health bill is SB774

On the Net:

Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov

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