SB 986 - This act creates the crime of "endangering a corrections employee" if an offender or prisoner causes such an employee to come into contact with bodily fluids. This offense is a Class D felony. This act makes it a Class B felony if a person endangers a corrections employee by knowingly putting the employee in danger of contracting HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. If a person causes an employee to come in contact with an unidentified substance, it is a Class A misdemeanor. This act also removes inmates and correctional facilities from the provisions of Section 565.092, RSMo. This act is similar to SB 418 (2003). SUSAN HENDERSON