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State Public Health Legislation Database

WebState Public Health Legislation Database. This database covers topics related to public health including infectious disease prevention and treatment, public …

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Health Disparities Legislation

Web2021. ME LD 274. Directs the Maine Health Data Organization to determine the best methods and definitions to use in collecting data to assist in analyzing the origins of …

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Report Improving Rural Health: State Policy Options for …

WebThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its effect on rural health cuts across many of the policy areas discussed in this brief. For example, many states have …

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Bridging the Gap: Connecting Behavioral and Public Health

WebConclusion. Different demands drive legislative agendas in health policy. By directing an interconnecting public health and behavioral health system approach, policymakers can create an opportunity for communities to develop a lasting, data-driven infrastructure across multiple public and private partnerships, while streamlining different …

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Summary Cannabis and Employment

WebThis provision was presumably drafted with the intent of decreasing an employer’s liability for the actions of employees under the influence of cannabis and …

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COVID-19: State Health Actions

WebCMS published a toolkit on state actions addressing COVID-19 in nursing homes. The toolkit compiles state-level best practices relating to testing, vaccinating residents and staff, accessing personal protective equipment (PPE) and other public health protocols. Legislatively, states have focused on a number of these topics.

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State Policies Defining EMS as Essential

WebApproximately 4.5 million Americans live in what is known as an “ambulance desert,” meaning they are more than 25 minutes away from the nearest ambulance …

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Legislative Summary: Addressing Disparities in Access to Health Care

WebAccess to health care services varies greatly across populations in the United States and continues to be one of the system’s greatest disparities. People with low …

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Licensure and Interstate Compacts

WebLicensure. The granting of permission, most often from state governments, to practice a profession or occupation. Interstate Compact. A contract between two or more …

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Supporting and Sustaining Rural Hospitals

WebA closed hospital is defined as a health care “facility that stopped providing general, short-term, and acute inpatient care.”. Between 2012 and 2018, due to hospital closures, the median distance traveled by rural residents to receive inpatient care grew by 20.5 miles.The median distance to emergency care grew by 20.9 miles and distance to …

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Assessing Community Risk to Inform Health Policy

WebThe conditions in which people live, learn, work and play can influence health outcomes as well as other well-being conditions related to employment, access to …

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WIC Program Overview

WebA program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, WIC is federally funded and administered by states, territories and tribal nations. It …

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Oregon City’s Crackdown …

WebAs homelessness reaches record highs across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case about the constitutionality of anticamping laws. The southern …

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Community Paramedicine: Connecting Patients to Care and …

WebMany states have turned to community paramedicine to ensure access to primary and preventive care and reduce emergency department use—and its financial impact on the health care system. A 2023 survey by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians reported that about 400 emergency medical service agencies …

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Medicaid Managed Care 101

WebNorth Carolina’s recent expansion of Medicaid—scheduled to go into effect in October—is expected to increase enrollment in MCOs in the state. As enrollment in …

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Preventing Infant and Maternal Mortality: State Policy Options

WebCalifornia reduced the state maternal mortality rate from 16.9 per 100,000 live births in 2006 to 7.3 in 2013. The state attributes the improvement to a variety of efforts, …

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Leveraging Career Pathway Programs: State Strategies to Combat …

WebDirect Care: By 2026, the U.S. health care workforce is expected to have a shortage of about 3.2 million direct care professionals including medical assistants, home …

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10 State Strategies for Improving Medicaid

WebAs Medicaid consumes a larger share of state budgets, policymakers seek ways to improve outcomes, reduce costs and make sure their state’s program is …

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Ensuring Quality of Care in Long-Term Care Facilities

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic revealed and exacerbated several challenges facing long-term care, or LTC, facilities, residents and staff. Despite LTC residents and staff …

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