Hill County Board of Health to discuss quarantine procedure in the wake of HB 702

The Hill County Board of Health has called a special meeting to be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hill County Courthouse Annex meeting room to discuss how Montana House Bill 702 affects the county’s quarantine policies.

HB 702 prohibits discrimination based on vaccine status or possession of an immunity passport, defined as any physical or electronic record of whether a person is immune to any disease through vaccination or infection and recovery.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance states that people need to quarantine for 14 days if they’ve been in close contact...