Public Health Emergency

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HOUSE:  General Bill by Rudman Public Health Emergency Actions: Revises provisions related to expiration & renewal of declarations of public health emergency; authorizes State Health Officer to request rather than order individual to be examined, tested, treated, isolated, or quarantined for certain communicable diseases; requires two-thirds vote of membership of both houses of Legislature to allow actions that affect entire groups or communities; revises procedures for imposing & releasing an isolation or quarantine.

SENATE:  GENERAL BILL by Yarborough  Declarations of a Public Health Emergency; Providing that the administration of vaccines is not included within the meaning of the terms “treat,” “treated,” or “treatment” as they relate to public health emergencies; revising provisions related to the expiration and renewal of declarations of a public health emergency; authorizing an individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment under a State Health Officer’s order during a public health emergency by submitting a written refusal to the State Health Officer, etc.