HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 331 FILED ON: 1/8/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1375
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
John P. Fresolo
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the aids virus.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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John P. Fresolo
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16th Worcester
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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David Holway
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National Association of Government Employees
159 Burgin Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169
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Cory Atkins
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14th Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN
PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1434 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the exposure of public safety officials to the aids virus.
Be it enacted by
the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Paragraph one of Section 7_OF of Chapter 111 of
the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, shall
be amended by
inserting at the beginning of the first sentence,
before the words "No health care facility," the following: —
(a) Except as herein provided.
SECTION 2.
Section 70F of Chapter 111 of the General Laws
shall be further amended by inserting after the fourth paragraph
the following: —
(b) Provided, however, that a police officer or other law
enforcement official, fire fighter, emergency medical technician or
medical personnel, or other public safety official, who, in the
course of his official duties, is bitten or scratched by a person, is
stabbed or scratched by a hypodermic needle in the possession of
that person, or is otherwise exposed to the transfer of
blood, semen, or other bodily fluid on, upon, or through, his skin or
membranes by that person, and where that person is the subject of
a criminal complaint or indictment, the exposed official may petition the court having jurisdiction of the complaint or
indictment
for an order compelling the subject of the complaint or indictment
to be tested for the HLTV-III antibody or antigen.
