MA S1031

Bill

MA S1031

Criminalizing sexual assault by fraud by a medical professional

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to criminalize sexual assault by fraud by a medical professional. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill criminalizes sexual assault by fraud committed by medical professionals. It creates two new criminal offenses: (1) sexual misconduct on a patient or client by a medical professional, where consent was obtained through a false representation that the act was for a medical purpose, punishable by up to 5 years in prison; and (2) rape on a patient or client by a medical professional, where consent was obtained through a false representation that the act was for a medical purpose, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The bill defines "medical or health care professional" broadly to include doctors, nurses, therapists, counselors, and other providers. It also amends the statute of limitations to apply these new offenses.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (4)

Cindy Friedman (D), Kate Hogan (D), Mike Moore (D), Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

Accompanied H1436 (on 02/06/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1031

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1031
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1031.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1436	Criminalizing sexual assault by fraud of a medical professional	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H1438	Relative to the protection of vulnerable adults from sexual assault committed by mandated reporters, persons in a position of trust and providers of transportation	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1912	Relative to sexual assault counselor task force	Accompanied a new draft, see H4446	Similar To
S1307	Resolve establishing a sexual assault counselor certification task force	Accompanied a new draft, see S2692	Similar To
S137	Requiring domestic violence and sexual assault education for certain occupations	Accompanied S125	Similar To
S736	Requiring sexual misconduct climate surveys at institutions of higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2580	Similar To
S844	Updating the definition of sexual assault counsellor to expand confidentiality protections	Accompanied a new draft, see S2491	Similar To
S980	Amending the statute of limitations regarding criminal prosecutions for the crimes of sexual assault and rape of a child	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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