Bill Text: FL S0846 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: HIV Prevention

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Health Policy [S0846 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S0846-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 846
       
       
        
       By Senator Pizzo
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01286-19                                            2019846__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to HIV prevention; providing a short
    3         title; amending s. 381.0041, F.S.; providing an
    4         exception to allow the donation of human tissue by a
    5         person who has human immunodeficiency virus infection
    6         under certain circumstances; reclassifying a criminal
    7         offense relating to such donations; amending s.
    8         384.23, F.S.; providing definitions; amending s.
    9         384.24, F.S.; expanding the scope of unlawful acts by
   10         a person infected with a sexually transmissible
   11         disease; expanding the list of sexually transmissible
   12         diseases to include human immunodeficiency virus
   13         infection; providing that certain actions are not
   14         sufficient evidence to establish intent on the part of
   15         the person who transmits the disease; providing a
   16         definition; amending s. 384.34, F.S.; reclassifying
   17         specified criminal offenses; removing a fine for
   18         specified rule violations; amending ss. 775.0877 and
   19         921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
   20         by the act; amending s. 960.003, F.S.; conforming
   21         cross-references; providing an effective date.
   22          
   23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   24  
   25         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “HIV Prevention
   26  Justice Act.”
   27         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (11) of section
   28  381.0041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         381.0041 Donation and transfer of human tissue; testing
   30  requirements.—
   31         (11)
   32         (b) Except when the donation is deemed medically
   33  appropriate by a licensed physician, any person who has human
   34  immunodeficiency virus infection, who knows he or she is
   35  infected with human immunodeficiency virus, and who has been
   36  informed that he or she may communicate this disease by donating
   37  blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue who donates
   38  blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue commits is
   39  guilty of a misdemeanor felony of the first third degree,
   40  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or, s. 775.083, or s.
   41  775.084.
   42         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 384.23, Florida
   43  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4) and a new subsection
   44  (3) and subsection (5) are added to that section, to read:
   45         384.23 Definitions.—
   46         (3)“Sexual conduct” means conduct between persons,
   47  regardless of gender, which is capable of transmitting a
   48  sexually transmissible disease, including, but not limited to,
   49  contact between a:
   50         (a)Penis and a vulva or an anus; or
   51         (b)Mouth and a penis, a vulva, or an anus.
   52         (5)“Substantial risk of transmission” means a reasonable
   53  probability of disease transmission as proven by competent
   54  medical or epidemiological evidence.
   55         Section 4. Section 384.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   56  read:
   57         384.24 Unlawful acts.—
   58         (1) It is unlawful for any person who has chancroid,
   59  gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum,
   60  genital herpes simplex, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis
   61  (NGU), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)/acute salpingitis, or
   62  syphilis, or human immunodeficiency virus infection, when such
   63  person knows he or she is infected with one or more of these
   64  diseases and when such person has been informed that he or she
   65  may communicate this disease to another person through sexual
   66  conduct intercourse, to act with the intent to transmit the
   67  disease, to engage in have sexual conduct that poses a
   68  substantial risk of transmission to another person when the
   69  intercourse with any other person is unaware that the person is
   70  a carrier of the disease, and to transmit the disease to the,
   71  unless such other person has been informed of the presence of
   72  the sexually transmissible disease and has consented to the
   73  sexual intercourse.
   74         (2) A person does not act with the intent set forth in
   75  subsection (1) if he or she in good faith complies with a
   76  treatment regimen prescribed by his or her health care provider
   77  or with the behavioral recommendations of his or her health care
   78  provider or public health officials to limit the risk of
   79  transmission, or if he or she offers to comply with such
   80  behavioral recommendations, but such offer is rejected by the
   81  other person with whom he or she is engaging in sexual conduct.
   82  For purposes of this section, the term “behavioral
   83  recommendations” includes, but is not limited to, the use of a
   84  prophylactic device to limit the risk of transmission of the
   85  disease. Evidence of the person’s failure to comply with such a
   86  treatment regimen or such behavioral recommendations is not, in
   87  and of itself, sufficient to establish that he or she acted with
   88  the intent set forth in subsection (1) It is unlawful for any
   89  person who has human immunodeficiency virus infection, when such
   90  person knows he or she is infected with this disease and when
   91  such person has been informed that he or she may communicate
   92  this disease to another person through sexual intercourse, to
   93  have sexual intercourse with any other person, unless such other
   94  person has been informed of the presence of the sexually
   95  transmissible disease and has consented to the sexual
   96  intercourse.
   97         Section 5. Section 384.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   98  read:
   99         384.34 Penalties.—
  100         (1) Any person who violates s. 384.24 the provisions of s.
  101  384.24(1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable
  102  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  103         (2) Any person who violates the provisions of s. 384.26 or
  104  s. 384.29 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable
  105  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  106         (3) Any person who maliciously disseminates any false
  107  information or report concerning the existence of any sexually
  108  transmissible disease commits a misdemeanor felony of the first
  109  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083
  110  ss. 775.082, 775.083, and 775.084.
  111         (4) Any person who violates the provisions of the
  112  department’s rules pertaining to sexually transmissible diseases
  113  may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation.
  114  Any penalties enforced under this subsection shall be in
  115  addition to other penalties provided by this chapter. The
  116  department may enforce this section and adopt rules necessary to
  117  administer this section.
  118         (5)Any person who violates s. 384.24(2) commits a felony
  119  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
  120  775.083, or s. 775.084. Any person who commits multiple
  121  violations of s. 384.24(2) commits a felony of the first degree,
  122  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  123         (6) Any person who obtains information that identifies an
  124  individual who has a sexually transmissible disease, who knew or
  125  should have known the nature of the information and maliciously,
  126  or for monetary gain, disseminates this information or otherwise
  127  makes this information known to any other person, except by
  128  providing it either to a physician or nurse employed by the
  129  Department of Health or to a law enforcement agency, commits a
  130  misdemeanor felony of the first third degree, punishable as
  131  provided in s. 775.082 or, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  132         Section 6. Subsections (1) and (3)of section 775.0877,
  133  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  134         775.0877 Criminal transmission of HIV; procedures;
  135  penalties.—
  136         (1) In any case in which a person has been convicted of or
  137  has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, regardless of whether
  138  adjudication is withheld, any of the following offenses, or the
  139  attempt thereof, which offense or attempted offense involves the
  140  transmission of body fluids from one person to another:
  141         (a) Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery;
  142         (b) Section 826.04, relating to incest;
  143         (c) Section 800.04, relating to lewd or lascivious offenses
  144  committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years
  145  of age;
  146         (d) Sections 784.011, 784.07(2)(a), and 784.08(2)(d),
  147  relating to assault;
  148         (e) Sections 784.021, 784.07(2)(c), and 784.08(2)(b),
  149  relating to aggravated assault;
  150         (f) Sections 784.03, 784.07(2)(b), and 784.08(2)(c),
  151  relating to battery;
  152         (g) Sections 784.045, 784.07(2)(d), and 784.08(2)(a),
  153  relating to aggravated battery;
  154         (h) Section 827.03(2)(c), relating to child abuse;
  155         (i) Section 827.03(2)(a), relating to aggravated child
  156  abuse;
  157         (j) Section 825.102(1), relating to abuse of an elderly
  158  person or disabled adult;
  159         (k) Section 825.102(2), relating to aggravated abuse of an
  160  elderly person or disabled adult;
  161         (l) Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by
  162  person less than 18 years of age;
  163         (m) Sections 796.07 and 796.08, relating to prostitution;
  164  or
  165         (n) Section 381.0041(11)(b), relating to donation of blood,
  166  plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue; or
  167         (o) Sections 787.06(3)(b), (d), (f), and (g), relating to
  168  human trafficking,
  169  
  170  the court shall order the offender to undergo HIV testing, to be
  171  performed under the direction of the Department of Health in
  172  accordance with s. 381.004, unless the offender has undergone
  173  HIV testing voluntarily or pursuant to procedures established in
  174  s. 381.004(2)(h)6. or s. 951.27, or any other applicable law or
  175  rule providing for HIV testing of criminal offenders or inmates,
  176  subsequent to her or his arrest for an offense enumerated in
  177  paragraphs (a)-(m) (a)-(n) for which she or he was convicted or
  178  to which she or he pled nolo contendere or guilty. The results
  179  of an HIV test performed on an offender pursuant to this
  180  subsection are not admissible in any criminal proceeding arising
  181  out of the alleged offense.
  182         (3) An offender who has undergone HIV testing pursuant to
  183  subsection (1), and to whom positive test results have been
  184  disclosed pursuant to subsection (2), who commits a second or
  185  subsequent offense enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(m)(1)(a)
  186  (n), commits criminal transmission of HIV, a felony of the third
  187  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or, s. 775.083, or
  188  s. 775.084. A person may be convicted and sentenced separately
  189  for a violation of this subsection and for the underlying crime
  190  enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(m)(1)(a)-(n).
  191         Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section
  192  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  193         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
  194  chart.—
  195         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
  196         (e) LEVEL 5
  197  
  198  FloridaStatute    FelonyDegree           Description            
  199  316.027(2)(a)        3rd   Accidents involving personal injuries other than serious bodily injury, failure to stop; leaving scene.
  200  316.1935(4)(a)       2nd   Aggravated fleeing or eluding.    
  201  316.80(2)            2nd   Unlawful conveyance of fuel; obtaining fuel fraudulently.
  202  322.34(6)            3rd   Careless operation of motor vehicle with suspended license, resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
  203  327.30(5)            3rd   Vessel accidents involving personal injury; leaving scene.
  204  379.365(2)(c)1.      3rd   Violation of rules relating to: willful molestation of stone crab traps, lines, or buoys; illegal bartering, trading, or sale, conspiring or aiding in such barter, trade, or sale, or supplying, agreeing to supply, aiding in supplying, or giving away stone crab trap tags or certificates; making, altering, forging, counterfeiting, or reproducing stone crab trap tags; possession of forged, counterfeit, or imitation stone crab trap tags; and engaging in the commercial harvest of stone crabs while license is suspended or revoked.
  205  379.367(4)           3rd   Willful molestation of a commercial harvester’s spiny lobster trap, line, or buoy.
  206  379.407(5)(b)3.      3rd   Possession of 100 or more undersized spiny lobsters.
  207  381.0041(11)(b)      3rd   Donate blood, plasma, or organs knowing HIV positive.
  208  440.10(1)(g)         2nd   Failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.
  209  440.105(5)           2nd   Unlawful solicitation for the purpose of making workers’ compensation claims.
  210  440.381(2)           2nd   Submission of false, misleading, or incomplete information with the purpose of avoiding or reducing workers’ compensation premiums.
  211  624.401(4)(b)2.      2nd   Transacting insurance without a certificate or authority; premium collected $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
  212  626.902(1)(c)        2nd   Representing an unauthorized insurer; repeat offender.
  213  790.01(2)            3rd   Carrying a concealed firearm.     
  214  790.162              2nd   Threat to throw or discharge destructive device.
  215  790.163(1)           2nd   False report of bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or use of firearms in violent manner.
  216  790.221(1)           2nd   Possession of short-barreled shotgun or machine gun.
  217  790.23               2nd   Felons in possession of firearms, ammunition, or electronic weapons or devices.
  218  796.05(1)            2nd   Live on earnings of a prostitute; 1st offense.
  219  800.04(6)(c)         3rd   Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender less than 18 years of age.
  220  800.04(7)(b)         2nd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender 18 years of age or older.
  221  806.111(1)           3rd   Possess, manufacture, or dispense fire bomb with intent to damage any structure or property.
  222  812.0145(2)(b)       2nd   Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $10,000 or more but less than $50,000.
  223  812.015(8)           3rd   Retail theft; property stolen is valued at $300 or more and one or more specified acts.
  224  812.019(1)           2nd   Stolen property; dealing in or trafficking in.
  225  812.131(2)(b)        3rd   Robbery by sudden snatching.      
  226  812.16(2)            3rd   Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop.
  227  817.034(4)(a)2.      2nd   Communications fraud, value $20,000 to $50,000.
  228  817.234(11)(b)       2nd   Insurance fraud; property value $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
  229  817.2341(1), (2)(a) & (3)(a)   3rd   Filing false financial statements, making false entries of material fact or false statements regarding property values relating to the solvency of an insuring entity.
  230  817.568(2)(b)        2nd   Fraudulent use of personal identification information; value of benefit, services received, payment avoided, or amount of injury or fraud, $5,000 or more or use of personal identification information of 10 or more persons.
  231  817.611(2)(a)        2nd   Traffic in or possess 5 to 14 counterfeit credit cards or related documents.
  232  817.625(2)(b)        2nd   Second or subsequent fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder.
  233  825.1025(4)          3rd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  234  827.071(4)           2nd   Possess with intent to promote any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
  235  827.071(5)           3rd   Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
  236  828.12(2)            3rd   Tortures any animal with intent to inflict intense pain, serious physical injury, or death.
  237  839.13(2)(b)         2nd   Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency involving great bodily harm or death.
  238  843.01               3rd   Resist officer with violence to person; resist arrest with violence.
  239  847.0135(5)(b)       2nd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender 18 years or older.
  240  847.0137 (2) & (3)   3rd   Transmission of pornography by electronic device or equipment.
  241  847.0138 (2) & (3)   3rd   Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment.
  242  874.05(1)(b)         2nd   Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang; second or subsequent offense.
  243  874.05(2)(a)         2nd   Encouraging or recruiting person under 13 years of age to join a criminal gang.
  244  893.13(1)(a)1.       2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs).
  245  893.13(1)(c)2.       2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs) within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, school, or state, county, or municipal park or publicly owned recreational facility or community center.
  246  893.13(1)(d)1.       1st   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs) within 1,000 feet of university.
  247  893.13(1)(e)2.       2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) within 1,000 feet of property used for religious services or a specified business site.
  248  893.13(1)(f)1.       1st   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs) within 1,000 feet of public housing facility.
  249  893.13(4)(b)         2nd   Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substance.
  250  893.1351(1)          3rd   Ownership, lease, or rental for trafficking in or manufacturing of controlled substance.
  251         Section 8. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and
  252  paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 960.003, Florida
  253  Statutes, are amended to read:
  254         960.003 Hepatitis and HIV testing for persons charged with
  255  or alleged by petition for delinquency to have committed certain
  256  offenses; disclosure of results to victims.—
  257         (2) TESTING OF PERSON CHARGED WITH OR ALLEGED BY PETITION
  258  FOR DELINQUENCY TO HAVE COMMITTED CERTAIN OFFENSES.—
  259         (a) In any case in which a person has been charged by
  260  information or indictment with or alleged by petition for
  261  delinquency to have committed any offense enumerated in s.
  262  775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n), which involves the
  263  transmission of body fluids from one person to another, upon
  264  request of the victim or the victim’s legal guardian, or of the
  265  parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor,
  266  the court shall order such person to undergo hepatitis and HIV
  267  testing within 48 hours after the information, indictment, or
  268  petition for delinquency is filed. In the event the victim or,
  269  if the victim is a minor, the victim’s parent or legal guardian
  270  requests hepatitis and HIV testing after 48 hours have elapsed
  271  from the filing of the indictment, information, or petition for
  272  delinquency, the testing shall be done within 48 hours after the
  273  request.
  274         (b) However, when a victim of any sexual offense enumerated
  275  in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n) is under the age
  276  of 18 at the time the offense was committed or when a victim of
  277  any sexual offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s.
  278  775.0877(1)(a)-(n) or s. 825.1025 is a disabled adult or elderly
  279  person as defined in s. 825.1025 regardless of whether the
  280  offense involves the transmission of bodily fluids from one
  281  person to another, then upon the request of the victim or the
  282  victim’s legal guardian, or of the parent or legal guardian, the
  283  court shall order such person to undergo hepatitis and HIV
  284  testing within 48 hours after the information, indictment, or
  285  petition for delinquency is filed. In the event the victim or,
  286  if the victim is a minor, the victim’s parent or legal guardian
  287  requests hepatitis and HIV testing after 48 hours have elapsed
  288  from the filing of the indictment, information, or petition for
  289  delinquency, the testing shall be done within 48 hours after the
  290  request. The testing shall be performed under the direction of
  291  the Department of Health in accordance with s. 381.004. The
  292  results of a hepatitis and HIV test performed on a defendant or
  293  juvenile offender pursuant to this subsection shall not be
  294  admissible in any criminal or juvenile proceeding arising out of
  295  the alleged offense.
  296         (3) DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS.—
  297         (a) The results of the test shall be disclosed no later
  298  than 2 weeks after the court receives such results, under the
  299  direction of the Department of Health, to the person charged
  300  with or alleged by petition for delinquency to have committed or
  301  to the person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for any
  302  offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)
  303  (n), which involves the transmission of body fluids from one
  304  person to another, and, upon request, to the victim or the
  305  victim’s legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the
  306  victim if the victim is a minor, and to public health agencies
  307  pursuant to s. 775.0877. If the alleged offender is a juvenile,
  308  the test results shall also be disclosed to the parent or
  309  guardian. When the victim is a victim as described in paragraph
  310  (2)(b), the test results must also be disclosed no later than 2
  311  weeks after the court receives such results, to the person
  312  charged with or alleged by petition for delinquency to have
  313  committed or to the person convicted of or adjudicated
  314  delinquent for any offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m)
  315  s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n), or s. 825.1025 regardless of whether the
  316  offense involves the transmission of bodily fluids from one
  317  person to another, and, upon request, to the victim or the
  318  victim’s legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the
  319  victim, and to public health agencies pursuant to s. 775.0877.
  320  Otherwise, hepatitis and HIV test results obtained pursuant to
  321  this section are confidential and exempt from the provisions of
  322  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and
  323  shall not be disclosed to any other person except as expressly
  324  authorized by law or court order.
  325         Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.

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