A U.S. appeals court on Oct. 9 removed the injunction blocking a Montana law that prohibits discrimination based on vaccination status.
Montana House Bill 702, enacted in 2021, says it is illegal for a person or government entity to deny a person services based on their vaccination status. It also bars employers from requiring vaccination as a condition of employment.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in 2022 said the law as applied to health care employees and employers was preempted by two federal laws, the Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), and violated the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. The judge entered an injunction blocking the statute….