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1 1 Section 1. Section 135.11, subsection 24, Code Supplement
1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 24. Adopt rules which provide for the testing of a
1 4 convicted or alleged offender for the human immunodeficiency
1 5 virus pursuant to chapter 709B. The rules shall provide for
1 6 the provision of counseling, health care, and support services
1 7 to the victim.
1 8 Sec. 2. Section 141.23, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code
1 9 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 10 i. The convicted or alleged offender, the physician or
1 11 other practitioner who orders the test of the convicted or
1 12 alleged offender, the victim, the parent, guardian, or
1 13 custodian of the victim if the victim is a minor, the
1 14 physician of the victim, the victim counselor or person
1 15 requested by the victim who is authorized to provide the
1 16 counseling required pursuant to section 141.22, and the
1 17 victim's spouse, persons with whom the victim has engaged in
1 18 vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse subsequent to the sexual
1 19 assault, or members of the victim's family within the third
1 20 degree of consanguinity. For the purposes of this paragraph,
1 21 "victim" means victim as defined in section 709B.1.
1 22 Sec. 3. Section 709B.1, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 23 the following new subsections:
1 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Alleged offender" means a person who
1 25 has been charged with the commission of a sexual assault or a
1 26 juvenile who has been charged in juvenile court with being a
1 27 delinquent as the result of actions that would constitute a
1 28 sexual assault.
1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. "Victim" means a petitioner or a
1 30 person who is the victim of a sexual assault which resulted in
1 31 significant exposure, or the parent, guardian, or custodian of
1 32 such a victim if the victim is a minor, for whom the victim or
1 33 the peace officer files an application for a search warrant to
1 34 require the alleged offender to undergo an HIV-related test.
1 35 "Victim" includes an alleged victim.
2 1 Sec. 4. Section 709B.1, subsections 8 and 9, Code 1997,
2 2 are amended to read as follows:
2 3 8. "Sexual assault" means sexual abuse as defined in
2 4 section 709.1, or any other sexual offense by which a victim
2 5 has allegedly had sufficient contact with a convicted or an
2 6 alleged offender to be deemed a significant exposure.
2 7 9. "Significant exposure" means contact of the victim's
2 8 ruptured or broken skin or mucous membranes with the blood or
2 9 bodily fluids, other than tears, saliva, or perspiration of
2 10 the convicted or alleged offender. "Significant exposure" is
2 11 presumed to have occurred when there is a showing that there
2 12 was penetration of the convicted or alleged offender's penis
2 13 into the victim's vagina or anus, contact between the mouth
2 14 and genitalia, or contact between the genitalia of the
2 15 convicted or alleged offender and the genitalia or anus of the
2 16 victim.
2 17 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 709B.2A HIV-RELATED TEST – ALLEGED
2 18 SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENDER.
2 19 1. If a person is an alleged offender, a victim or a peace
2 20 officer may make application to the court for the issuance of
2 21 a search warrant, in accordance with chapter 808, for the
2 22 purpose of requiring the alleged offender to submit to an HIV-
2 23 related test, if all of the following conditions are met:
2 24 a. The application states that the victim or peace officer
2 25 believes that the sexual assault for which the alleged
2 26 offender is charged included sufficient contact between the
2 27 victim and the alleged offender to be deemed a significant
2 28 exposure pursuant to section 709B.1 and states the factual
2 29 basis for the belief that a significant exposure exists.
2 30 b. The authorized representative of the victim, the peace
2 31 officer, or the court sought to obtain written informed
2 32 consent to the testing from the alleged offender.
2 33 c. Written informed consent was not provided by the
2 34 alleged offender.
2 35 2. Upon receipt of the application the court shall:
3 1 a. Prior to the scheduling of a hearing on the
3 2 application, refer the victim for counseling by a victim
3 3 counselor or a person requested by the victim who is
3 4 authorized to provide the counseling required pursuant to
3 5 section 141.22, regarding the nature, reliability, and
3 6 significance of the HIV-related test and of the serologic
3 7 status of the alleged offender.
3 8 b. Schedule a hearing to be held as soon as is
3 9 practicable.
3 10 c. Cause written notice to be served on the alleged
3 11 offender who is the subject of the proceeding, in accordance
3 12 with the rules of civil procedure relating to the service of
3 13 original notice, or if the alleged offender is represented by
3 14 legal counsel, provide written notice to the alleged offender
3 15 and the alleged offender's legal counsel.
3 16 d. Provide for the appointment of legal counsel for an
3 17 alleged offender if the alleged offender desires but is
3 18 financially unable to employ counsel.
3 19 e. Furnish legal counsel with copies of the application.
3 20 3. a. A hearing under this section shall be conducted in
3 21 an informal manner consistent with orderly procedure and in
3 22 accordance with the Iowa rules of evidence. The hearing shall
3 23 be limited in scope to the review of the questions of fact
3 24 only as to the issue of whether the alleged sexual assault for
3 25 which the alleged offender is charged provided sufficient
3 26 contact between the victim and the alleged offender to be
3 27 deemed a significant exposure and thereby constitute probable
3 28 cause for the issuance of a search warrant.
3 29 b. In determining whether the contact should be deemed a
3 30 significant exposure, the court shall base the determination
3 31 on the application and the factual basis provided in the
3 32 application for the belief of the applicant that a significant
3 33 exposure exists.
3 34 c. The victim may testify at the hearing, but shall not be
3 35 compelled to testify. The court shall not consider the
4 1 refusal of a victim to testify at the hearing as material to
4 2 the court's decision regarding the issuance of a search
4 3 warrant.
4 4 d. The hearing shall be in camera unless the alleged
4 5 offender and the victim agree to a hearing in open court and
4 6 the court approves. The report of the hearing proceedings
4 7 shall be sealed and no report of the proceedings shall be
4 8 released to the public, except with the permission of all
4 9 parties and the approval of the court.
4 10 e. Stenographic notes or electronic or mechanical
4 11 recordings shall be taken of all court hearings unless waived
4 12 by the parties.
4 13 4. Following the hearing, the court shall issue a search
4 14 warrant to require that the alleged offender undergo HIV-
4 15 related testing if the court finds all of the following which
4 16 constitute probable cause for grounds to issue a search
4 17 warrant:
4 18 a. The alleged sexual assault constituted a significant
4 19 exposure.
4 20 b. An authorized representative of the victim, the peace
4 21 officer, or the court sought to obtain written informed
4 22 consent from the alleged offender.
4 23 c. Written informed consent was not provided by the
4 24 alleged offender.
4 25 5. An alleged offender who is required to undergo an HIV-
4 26 related test may appeal to the court for review of questions
4 27 of law only, but may appeal questions of fact if the findings
4 28 of fact are clearly erroneous.
4 29 Sec. 6. Section 709B.3, subsections 1, 4, 5, 14, and 15,
4 30 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
4 31 1. The physician or other practitioner who orders the test
4 32 of a convicted or alleged offender for HIV under this chapter
4 33 shall disclose the results of the test to the convicted or
4 34 alleged offender, and to the victim counselor or a person
4 35 requested by the victim who is authorized to provide the
5 1 counseling required pursuant to section 141.22, who shall
5 2 disclose the results to the petitioner.
5 3 4. Results of a test performed under this chapter, except
5 4 as provided in subsection 6, shall be disclosed only to the
5 5 physician or other practitioner who orders the test of the
5 6 convicted or alleged offender, the convicted or alleged
5 7 offender, the victim, the victim counselor or person requested
5 8 by the victim who is authorized to provide the counseling
5 9 required pursuant to section 141.22, the physician of the
5 10 victim if requested by the victim, and the parent, guardian,
5 11 or custodian of the victim, if the victim is a minor. Results
5 12 of a test performed under this chapter shall not be disclosed
5 13 to any other person without the written, informed consent of
5 14 the convicted or alleged offender. A person to whom the
5 15 results of a test have been disclosed under this chapter is
5 16 subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 141.23,
5 17 and shall not disclose the results to another person except as
5 18 authorized by section 141.23, subsection 1.
5 19 5. Notwithstanding subsection 4, test results shall not be
5 20 disclosed to a convicted or alleged offender who elects
5 21 against disclosure.
5 22 14. In addition to persons to whom disclosure of the
5 23 results of a convicted or alleged offender's HIV-related test
5 24 results is authorized under this chapter, the victim may also
5 25 disclose the results to the victim's spouse, persons with whom
5 26 the victim has engaged in vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse
5 27 subsequent to the sexual assault, or members of the victim's
5 28 family within the third degree of consanguinity.
5 29 15. A person to whom disclosure of a convicted or alleged
5 30 offender's HIV-related test results is authorized under this
5 31 chapter shall not disclose the results to any other person for
5 32 whom disclosure is not authorized under this chapter. A
5 33 person who intentionally or recklessly makes an unauthorized
5 34 disclosure under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of
5 35 one thousand dollars. The attorney general or the attorney
6 1 general's designee may maintain a civil action to enforce this
6 2 chapter. Proceedings maintained under this subsection shall
6 3 provide for the anonymity of the test subject and all
6 4 documentation shall be maintained in a confidential manner.
6 5 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 709C.1 CRIMINAL TRANSMISSION OF
6 6 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.
6 7 1. A person commits criminal transmission of the human
6 8 immunodeficiency virus if the person, knowing that the
6 9 person's human immunodeficiency virus status is positive, does
6 10 any of the following:
6 11 a. Engages in intimate contact with another person.
6 12 b. Transfers, donates, or provides the person's blood,
6 13 tissue, semen, organs, or other potentially infectious bodily
6 14 fluids for transfusion, transplantation, insemination, or
6 15 other administration to another person.
6 16 c. Dispenses, delivers, exchanges, sells, or in any other
6 17 way transfers to another person any nonsterile intravenous or
6 18 intramuscular drug paraphernalia previously used by the person
6 19 infected with the human immunodefficiency virus.
6 20 2. For the purposes of this section:
6 21 a. "Human immunodeficiency virus" means the human
6 22 immunodeficiency virus identified as the causative agent of
6 23 acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
6 24 b. "Intimate contact" means the exposure of the body of
6 25 one person to a bodily fluid of another person in a manner
6 26 that could result in the transmission of the human
6 27 immunodeficiency virus.
6 28 c. "Intravenous or intramuscular drug paraphernalia" means
6 29 any equipment, product, or material of any kind which is
6 30 peculiar to and marketed for use in injecting a substance into
6 31 or withdrawing a bodily fluid from the human body.
6 32 3. Criminal transmission of the human immunodeficiency
6 33 virus is a class "B" felony.
6 34 4. This section shall not be construed to require that an
6 35 infection with the human immunodeficiency virus has occurred
7 1 for a person to have committed criminal transmission of the
7 2 human immunodeficiency virus.
7 3 5. It is an affirmative defense that the person exposed to
7 4 the human immunodeficiency virus knew that the infected person
7 5 had a positive human immunodeficiency virus status at the time
7 6 of the action of exposure, knew that the action of exposure
7 7 could result in transmission of the human immunodeficiency
7 8 virus, and consented to the action of exposure with that
7 9 knowledge.
7 10 EXPLANATION
7 11 This bill provides for the HIV-related testing of an
7 12 alleged offender who is charged with sexual assault, based
7 13 upon the application for and issuance of a search warrant to
7 14 require the testing. The bill provides for the holding of a
7 15 hearing on the application for a search warrant, prescribes
7 16 the conditions to be met if grounds for probable cause to
7 17 issue the search warrant are to be found, and makes
7 18 confidentiality provisions and penalties for unauthorized
7 19 disclosure of test results applicable.
7 20 This bill also establishes the crime of criminal
7 21 transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The
7 22 bill provides that a person who, knowing that the person's HIV
7 23 status is positive, does one of three things: engages in
7 24 intimate contact with another person; in some manner
7 25 administers the person's blood, tissue, semen, organs, or
7 26 other potentially infectious bodily fluids to another; or in
7 27 some manner transfers to another person nonsterile intravenous
7 28 or intramuscular drug paraphernalia previously used by the
7 29 person infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
7 30 Criminal transmission of HIV is a class "B" felony, the
7 31 maximum sentence for which is confinement for no more than 25
7 32 years. The bill also provides that it is an affirmative
7 33 defense that the person exposed knew that the other person had
7 34 a positive HIV status, knew that the action of exposure could
7 35 result in transmission of HIV, and consented to the action
8 1 with this knowledge.
8 2 LSB 3421YH 77
8 3 pf/cf/24.1
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