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United Press International - Wednesday, September 30, 1998
The bill by Sen. Richard Rainey, R-Walnut Creek, authorizes a prison sentence of three to eight years for the crime, beginning next Jan. 1, when it takes effect.
Rainey says he introduced the measure after news media reports about Nushawn Williams, a New York man who was accused of exposing more than 100 women to AIDS, most of them teenage girls.
He says a Contra Costa woman was exposed by an HIV-positive man in a similar case three years ago, and last year, a woman in Amador County learned that her boyfriend had intentionally concealed his AIDS from her.
Rainey says the case was dismissed despite the boyfriend's having made statements that he intended to infect as many women as possible. Existing law makes it a felony for anyone who knows they're infected to donate blood, body organs, fluid or tissue to any medical center or bank. But it's only a misdemeanor for anyone to knowingly expose another person to a contagious, infectious or communicable disease.
The new law takes effect next Jan. 1. It also has provisions to keep the identity of the victim confidential.
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