HB 1475
Crim cd-agg bat-hlth care wkr
Crim CD-Agg Bat-Hlth Care Wkr
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Bill overview
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits aggravated battery when, in committing a battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, he or she knows the individual battered to be a health care worker (rather than a nurse) while in the performance of his or her duties as a health care worker (rather than a nurse). Provides that "health care worker" has the meaning provided in the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
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Tony M. McCombie
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