SECTION 1: Section 13I of Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words: “shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 90 days nor more than 2 and one-half years” and inserting in place thereof the following words “shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 and one-half years in a jail or house of correction or for not more than 10 years in a state prison”

SECTION 2: Section 13I of Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph: “For the purposes of this section, “bodily substance” shall mean any human secretion, discharge or emission including, but not limited to, blood, saliva, mucous, semen, urine or feces.”

SECTION 3: Section 13I of Chapter 265 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph: Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery by means of a bodily substance on an emergency medical technician, an ambulance operator, an ambulance attendant or a health care provider as defined in section 1 of chapter 111, while the technician, operator, attendant or provider is treating or transporting a person in the line of duty, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 2 and one-half years in a jail or house of correction or for not more than 10 years in a state prison or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both.