Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Edited by Alexander Wagenaar, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, and Scott Burris
NEWLY REVISED EDITION EXPLORES HOW THE LAW SHAPES AND INFLUENCES PUBLIC HEALTH
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ASTHO Legal Mapping Center Launches Maps of Harm Reduction Policies to Prevent Overdose
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has launched a new legal mapping resource capturing policies that may prevent overdose. The maps visualize the national policy landscape of overdose prevention centers and laws supporting community distribution of naloxone and fentanyl test strips. Each map provides links to the state law or legislation referenced, a tool for public health leaders and policymakers to find laws in other jurisdictions that may help prevent overdose.
States Continue to Leverage Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers to Address Opioid Crisis as Disenrollment and Work Requirements Loom
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
With the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023, and the end of Medicaid’s continuous enrollment provisions meant to protect coverage during the pandemic, millions are expected to lose Medicaid coverage in the coming months. New data published today on PDAPS.org displays key features of approved state section 1115 waivers, particularly eligibility and benefit expansions that may increase access to services that benefit people with SUD, as well as expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, across all 50 states and the District of Columbia approved as of April 20, 2023.
CPHLR Awarded Funding from CDC to Strengthen Public Health Decision Making with Legal Epidemiology
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law (CPHLR) is among the recipients of a $3.89 million grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
250+ volunteers build database of 2,500 enacted COVID-19 response laws, policies
Thursday, April 20, 2023
A new, free legal dataset captures over 8,000 machine-readable executive orders, health directives, proclamations, and policies related to COVID-19 from nearly 300 US federal, state, territory, county, city, and tribal jurisdictions.
New data capture five years of laws regulating informed consent for opioid prescribing
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Data released today on the CPHLR Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System at PDAPS.org capture the key features of state statutes and regulations related to informed consent for opioid prescribing in effect between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2019.
Six Months After Dobbs Decision, 23 States Severely Restrict Abortion while Others Move to Protect Access
Thursday, March 16, 2023
In the six months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, 23 states enacted severe restrictions on abortion, and nearly a third were enforcing these bans as legal battles continue to unfold. To limit the impact of the decision, more states directed their legislative efforts to protect access to abortion, according to new data released today from the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law capturing the policy landscape through January 1, 2023.
Passage of Laws Preempting Local Action on Transgender Rights and Race and Racism in Schools Accelerates since 2019
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
New data tracking state-level preemption show uptick in laws addressing local control of policies in K-12 education
50 Years after Roe, nearly a Third of States Lack Abortion Access
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
The legal limitations restricting abortion in the United States continue to erode access to reproductive health care at an alarming pace while other states work to protect and expand access, according to updated data released by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.
Legislators introduced more than 1,500 bills to change the authority of state and local health agencies and executive officers during 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
In the legislative sessions spanning January 1, 2021, through May 20, 2022, state legislators introduced 1,531 bills to change the scope and allocation of emergency health authority, according to new data released today by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.