HB0772 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses, Health Care

Companion Bill SB0845. Criminal Offenses - Imposes criminal penalties upon persons who have hepatitis B and who do not tell persons to whom it could be transmitted. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0772 / SB0845Increase State Expenditures - $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0772 / SB0845 Under present law, criminal exposure of another to HIV is a Class C felony. A person commits this offense when, knowing that such person is infected with HIV, such person knowingly: (1) Engages in intimate contact with another; (2) Transfers, donates, or provides blood, tissue, semen, organs, or other potentially infectious body fluids or parts for transfusion, transplantation, insemination, or other administration to another in a manner that presents a significant risk of HIV transmission; or [...]

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