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2009 SESSION

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HB 2436 Assault and battery; penalty when against emergency room personnel.

Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assault and battery of emergency room personnel; penalty.  Provides that the punishment for assault and battery upon a physician, physician's assistant, nurse, or nurse practitioner while engaged in the performance of his duties as an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility rendering emergency medical care is a Class 6 felony, with a mandatory minimum punishment of six months incarceration.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098666676  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098666676
• 01/14/09  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/20/09  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/30/09  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote and recommending to Crime Commission
• 02/10/09  House: Left in Courts of Justice