Officials examine new rules governing local health boards
Jan Ivers, chair of the Lincoln County Health Board, leads the discussion at the group's first work meeting March 9, 2021. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)
Legal experts are deciphering the implications of a pair of new state laws that could have wide-ranging and unintended consequences in how local officials manage public health issues.
While Montana legislators touted House Bills 257 and 121 as measures meant to rein in county health boards and public health officers during pandemics, attorneys worry that the laws could keep local officials from properly managing other matters...
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