Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the Department of Health from issuing mandatory quarantine orders that apply to individuals who have not been directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with the disease.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing a statewide or regional quarantine or isolation order enforced against individuals who have not been directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with a particular disease (Sec 1).

• Specifies that special or standing orders or rules for preventing the use of fluoroscopes for nonmedical purposes may be rescinded by the general assembly if a mandatory quarantine or isolation order is enforced against individuals not directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with a particular illness (Sec 1).

• Specifies that any action taken by the Department of Health to suppress a disease or illness may not have the effect of a general, mandatory statewide or regional quarantine or isolation order that applies to individuals not directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with the disease in question (Sec 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the Department of Health from issuing mandatory quarantine orders that apply to individuals who have not been directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with the disease.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the Department of Health from issuing a statewide or regional quarantine or isolation order enforced against individuals who have not been directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with a particular disease (Sec 1).

• Specifies that special or standing orders or rules for preventing the use of fluoroscopes for nonmedical purposes may be rescinded by the general assembly if a mandatory quarantine or isolation order is enforced against individuals not directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with a particular illness (Sec 1).

• Specifies that any action taken by the Department of Health to suppress a disease or illness may not have the effect of a general, mandatory statewide or regional quarantine or isolation order that applies to individuals not directly exposed to or medically diagnosed with the disease in question (Sec 1).

Full Bill Text