The lawsuit was filed by the mother of a former Harmony Elementary School student and alleges that Albany County School District No. 1 employees failed to act to address the sexual harassment and eventual sexual assault of a six-year-old girl.
The Wyoming Board of Medicine began investigating Dr. Paul Harnetty on Feb. 26, 2016, and accepted the voluntary relinquishment of his license on Oct. 7.
Senate File 129 would add the new paragraph referencing school employees and volunteers to the list of circumstances already contained within in state law.
The man will be tried on one count of first degree sexual assault and one count of kidnapping-confinement. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to life in prison.
A Cheyenne man previously convicted of sexually assaulting a child is headed back to prison after authorities found a massive collection of child porn on his home computers.
Joshua Winters faces life imprisonment if convicted on the kidnapping, first degree sexual abuse of a minor, and second degree sexual abuse of a minor.