1 bill · 2020 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide certain exemptions for battery against health care workers.
This bill keeps intact the felony charge available for those who deliberately assault medical personnel, while protecting those who are actively in a mental health crisis or actively seeking mental health care from the enhancedpenalty. Thisbillmakesnochangetoandprovidesnoexemptionsforpenaltiesforaggravatedbattery.