| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §213 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §213.__Transmission of HIV |
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| | | 1.__A person is guilty of the crime of transmission of HIV if | | the person knows or has reason to believe that the person is | | infected with HIV and the person intentionally, knowingly, | | recklessly or with criminal negligence transmits HIV to another | | person. |
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| | | 2.__Transmission of HIV is a Class A crime. |
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| | | 3.__HIV has the same meaning as set forth in Title 5, section | | 19201, subsection 3. |
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| | | This bill makes the transmission of HIV a crime. A person who | | knows or has reason to believe that the person is infected with | | HIV commits a Class A crime if that person transmits HIV to | | another person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with | | criminal negligence. |
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