CS/HB 9

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to persons injured by crime; providing a
3	short title; creating s. 843.21, F.S.; prohibiting the
4	depriving of a victim injured by a crime of medical
5	treatment with specified intent; providing penalties;
6	providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Pastora Pacheco
11	Aid to Victims Act."
12	Section 2.  Section 843.21, Florida Statutes, is created to
13	read:
14	843.21  Depriving crime victim of medical care.--A person
15	who takes custody of or exercises control over a person he or
16	she knows to be injured as a result of criminal activity and
17	deprives that person of medical care with the intent to avoid,
18	delay, hinder, or obstruct any investigation of the criminal
19	activity contributing to the injury commits:
20	(1)  Where the victim's medical condition worsens as a
21	result of the deprivation of medical care, a felony of the third
22	degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
23	775.084.
24	(2)  Where deprivation of medical care contributes or
25	results in the death of the victim, a felony of the second
26	degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
27	775.084.
28	Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2008.

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