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Senate committee approves print for bill renaming Coronavirus Stop Act as 'Idaho Medical Freedom Act'
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS 31876 to print. The proposal would replace references to coronavirus with the term “medical intervention” and would restrict medical-intervention mandates by public bodies, schools and many employers in Idaho.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on a voice vote sent RS 31876 to print, a proposal from Senator Dan Foreman that would retitle and broaden the existing Coronavirus Stop Act.
Senator Dan Foreman, presenting the measure as a member from District 6, said the bill “modifies the existing coronavirus stop act by changing the title to the Idaho Medical Freedom Act and by deleting specific references to the coronavirus,” and replaces references to the coronavirus with the term “medical intervention.” He defined that term in the presentation as “any pharmaceutical or…
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