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Senate panel advances bill barring coerced medical treatment as condition of quarantine or isolation
Summary
House Bill 888 would prohibit local boards of health from requiring vaccinations, medications or other drug treatments as a condition of isolation or release from isolation. Supporters cited personal experiences and a county draft plan; public health officials warned the measure could undermine disease-control authority and noted existing statutory exceptions such as tuberculosis.
Representative Jedidiah Hinkle told the committee that House Bill 888 would bar any local board of health from requiring vaccinations, medications, supplements or other drug treatments as a condition of isolation or release from isolation. "Plainly and simply put, no individual should be compelled, coerced, or strong armed into taking any vaccination or drug treatment," Hinkle said when he introduced the bill.
Proponents described local distrust stemming from pandemic-era policies and cited a county draft isolation plan that alarmed residents. Several proponents recounted personal experiences — including long hospitalizations and moving quarantine release dates — and…
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