MT SB382

State agencies, political subdivisions, day care providers, health care providers, and state-licensed entities must accept religious or informed consent immunization exemptions "without question or malice" for employment, school, or child care attendance

Entities that fail to comply may lose state funding, and aggrieved individuals may file discrimination complaints and seek compensatory damages, costs, and attorney fees

Religious exemptions for school immunizations simplified from requiring a department-prescribed affidavit to allowing a signed statement or letter; a new informed consent exemption added allowing declination via signed statement, letter, or notarized affidavit

Removes the prior exemption that allowed schools and day care facilities to enforce vaccination requirements under anti-discrimination law, expanding vaccination status protections to these settings

Effective immediately upon passage and approval