New York lawmakers are mulling a bill that would allow the state to detain anyone carrying or suspected of carrying a contagious disease that makes them a “significant threat to public health.” Democratic Assemblyman N. Nick Perry of New York’s 58th District spearheaded Bill A416, which holds that the government may “order the removal and/or detention of such a person or of a group of such persons” in a “medical facility or other appropriate facility or premises designated by the governor or his or her delegee.” A confirmed carrier would be released only after he or she is no longer contagious,…
Trending News
- America’s $40 Trillion-Plus Question: When Does the National Debt Become a Crisis?
- Two Arrested and Firearms Seized in Waterville MDEA Bust
- Whitefield Man Arrested And Yellow-Flag Issued Following Ten-Hour Standoff
- Levant Woman Broke Into Bangor Building, Left an Unwelcome Deposit, Then Broke Into Home and Deposited Herself in Bed
- Plane Crash in Bristol Harbor Leaves Pilot Dead, Passenger Injured
- Lewiston Shooting Families Press for Answers as Lawmakers Await AG Opinion on Donation Oversight
- Brewer Police Chief Speaks Out After Three-Year-Old Stuck by Needle, Calls Out Failures in Maine’s Justice System
- New GOP Campaign Ad: ‘Democrat Troy Jackson Got Paid, Mainers Got Played’
