The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Montana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(a), (2)(c); 10-3-103, -302, -305; 50-1-101, -202, -203, -204; Executive Order 2-2021
- Issued
- 2021-02-12 Feb. 12, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-02-12 ('effective immediately') (read as 2021-02-12)
- End
- 2021-06-30 ('expires at the end of the declared state of emergency in Executive Order 2-2021'; rescinded by Executive Order 10-2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Feb. 12, 2021 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther
- Addressees
- all residents and State officers and agencies
- businesses
- food and beverage industries
- schools
- local governments
- landlords and lenders
- motor carriers
- health care professionals and facilities
- health insurers
- Department of Corrections
- Functions reached
- OF office (teleworking policy)
- HR screening
- SV servicing and foreclosure (prohibited for non-payment)
- PM property management (evictions prohibited)
- CT local government hours and deadlines
- DR delivery and alcohol delivery permitted
- TM telehealth parity
- HR credentialing (licensing suspensions)
- SC motor carrier hours and weights
- VS corrections visitation
- Collection
- Montana MT
Operative words
I hereby rescind and replace all prior directives implementing Executive Order 2-2021 and direct the following measures be in place in the State of Montana effective immediately: GENERAL MASKING. Individual responsibility remains Montana's best tool to combat the spread of COVID-19. Montanans are encouraged to wear masks and should follow the best industry practices adopted by any business they visit... PHASED REOPENING OF MONTANA. The phased approach to reopening Montana is no longer in force.... BUSINESSES... businesses should make reasonable efforts to develop and implement appropriate policies based on industry best practices during this emergency... regarding: 1) Masking; 2) Social distancing; 3) Temperature checks and/or symptom screening; 4) Testing, isolating, and contact tracing, in collaboration with public health authorities; 5) Sanitation; 6) Use of disinfection of common and high-traffic areas; 7) Teleworking.... EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE LIMITATIONS. Evictions and foreclosure actions against Montana renters and homeowners for failure to pay are prohibited in the same manner as established by CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) temporary orders in federal law.... INCARCERATION PROTOCOLS. The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) shall continue to implement risk reduction protocols... Restricting all in-person visitations... Temporarily suspending all transfers into the DOC's custody except as authorized herein. All transfers into the DOC's custody under this Directive shall be quarantined for a period of 14 days
Enforcement
Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104 suspension power; less-restrictive local ordinances preempted
Notes
Continues alcohol delivery waivers (16-3-101, -219, -243, -418), local government hours and deadline tolling (Title 7; Title 76; ARM 17.36), Big Sky Economic Development suspensions, motor carrier hours-of-service and 10 percent weight relief, health-care licensing and temporary permits, congregate-care background-check, training and staffing waivers, telehealth by all modes with coverage and reimbursement parity, HIPAA and GHCI disclosure suspensions, procurement waivers, pharmacist vaccination of children, unemployment rule ARM 24.11.478, EMS weekly-pay waiver
Retrieval noteBundled row (Feb. 12, 2021 mask expiry, verified_primary) confirmed; the Governor conditioned the mask expiry on SB 65 (signed Feb. 10, 2021; MT-087).