New Bill Would Make It a Felony to Attack or Threaten a Health Care Worker

Thursday, February 24th, 2022 -- 2:01 PM

(AP) It would be a felony to physically attack or threaten a health care worker under a bill in the Wisconsin Assembly.

The proposal with bipartisan support creates the new felony crime of battery against a person who is a health care provider. It expands current law that makes it a felony to commit battery against a nurse, an emergency medical care provider or a person who is working in an emergency department.

Health care providers told stories at a public hearing earlier this month about times where patients have threatened doctors and others who were attempting to provide them care.

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