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House backs public‑health amendments to address group threats and protect employment during quarantine
Utah House of Representatives · February 17, 2006
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Summary
Lawmakers passed HB129 to modernize public‑health response for group threats (for example, SARS or mass exposure events) and approved an amendment protecting employment for people subject to mass quarantine; the bill moves to the Senate.
The Utah House passed House Bill 129 on Feb. 16, 2006, updating state public‑health authority to address group threats such as communicable disease outbreaks or incidents involving many people.
Representative Last introduced the bill as an effort to enable rapid response to situations…
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