Photo by Tim Evanson Jun. 20, 2023 States Continue to Leverage Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers to Address Opioid Crisis as Disenrollment and Work Requirements Loom By Bethany Saxon19 states have approved Medicaid section 1115 waivers to address social determinants of health like […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jun. 1, 2023 One year after Dobbs, an increasingly risky landscape of abortion access By Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq., Cydney M. Murray, JDJune 24, 2023, marks one year since the US Supreme Court upended the limited constitutional […] May 22, 2023 CPHLR Awarded Funding from CDC to Strengthen Public Health Decision Making with Legal Epidemiology By Bethany SaxonThe Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law (CPHLR) is […] Apr. 20, 2023 250+ volunteers build database of 2,500 enacted COVID-19 response laws, policies By Bethany SaxonA new, free legal dataset captures over 8,000 machine-readable executive orders, health directives, […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Apr. 11, 2023 New data capture five years of laws regulating informed consent for opioid prescribing By Bethany SaxonData released today on the CPHLR Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System at PDAPS.org capture the key […] Photo by Karollyne Videira Hubert via Unsplash Mar. 20, 2023 Trans-antagonism creates space for the worst side of the law By Adam Herpolsheimer, JDBy no means the first foray into gender identity-based discrimination, the legacy of North […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Mar. 16, 2023 Six Months After Dobbs Decision, 23 States Severely Restrict Abortion while Others Move to Protect Access By Bethany SaxonIn the six months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health […] Feb. 28, 2023 Passage of Laws Preempting Local Action on Transgender Rights and Race and Racism in Schools Accelerates since 2019 By Bethany SaxonNew data tracking state-level preemption show uptick in laws addressing local control of policies […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jan. 31, 2023 50 Years after Roe, nearly a Third of States Lack Abortion Access By Bethany SaxonThe legal limitations restricting abortion in the United States continue to erode access to […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jan. 24, 2023 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 By Bethany SaxonIn the legislative sessions spanning January 1, 2021, through May 20, 2022, state legislators […] Photo by Jakayla Toney via Unsplash Jan. 24, 2023 Tracking Public Health Authority Changes from 2021 & 2022 Legislative Sessions By Center for Public Health Law ResearchCOVID-19 called for quick, decisive action by public health authorities to support communities and […] Photo by Gibson Hurst via Unsplash Dec. 20, 2022 37 Cities Earn Overall Medals in CityHealth Assessment of New Prevention-Oriented Policy Package By Bethany SaxonExpanding its partnership with America’s largest cities to help implement policies that can improve […] Photo by Unsplash Dec. 16, 2022 Author Q&A: Paid sick leave policy impacts on health and care utilization in the United States By Center for Public Health Law ResearchHilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early […] Dec. 8, 2022 Two-Thirds of US States Have Enacted Laws to Guide Use of Opioid Litigation Proceeds By Bethany SaxonAs opioids continue to claim record numbers of lives in the United States, state governments are […] Photo by Mathurin Napoly via Unsplash Nov. 21, 2022 The Right Tool for the Job: Supporting Vaccination Rates with Universal Paid Sick Leave By Alina Schnake-Mahl, Rebecca Finkel, Jennifer KolkerDallas, Texas passed an ordinance in 2019 offering residents paid sick leave, which gives workers […] Load More
Photo by Tim Evanson Jun. 20, 2023 States Continue to Leverage Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers to Address Opioid Crisis as Disenrollment and Work Requirements Loom By Bethany Saxon19 states have approved Medicaid section 1115 waivers to address social determinants of health like […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jun. 1, 2023 One year after Dobbs, an increasingly risky landscape of abortion access By Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq., Cydney M. Murray, JDJune 24, 2023, marks one year since the US Supreme Court upended the limited constitutional […] May 22, 2023 CPHLR Awarded Funding from CDC to Strengthen Public Health Decision Making with Legal Epidemiology By Bethany SaxonThe Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law (CPHLR) is […] Apr. 20, 2023 250+ volunteers build database of 2,500 enacted COVID-19 response laws, policies By Bethany SaxonA new, free legal dataset captures over 8,000 machine-readable executive orders, health directives, […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Apr. 11, 2023 New data capture five years of laws regulating informed consent for opioid prescribing By Bethany SaxonData released today on the CPHLR Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System at PDAPS.org capture the key […] Photo by Karollyne Videira Hubert via Unsplash Mar. 20, 2023 Trans-antagonism creates space for the worst side of the law By Adam Herpolsheimer, JDBy no means the first foray into gender identity-based discrimination, the legacy of North […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Mar. 16, 2023 Six Months After Dobbs Decision, 23 States Severely Restrict Abortion while Others Move to Protect Access By Bethany SaxonIn the six months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health […] Feb. 28, 2023 Passage of Laws Preempting Local Action on Transgender Rights and Race and Racism in Schools Accelerates since 2019 By Bethany SaxonNew data tracking state-level preemption show uptick in laws addressing local control of policies […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jan. 31, 2023 50 Years after Roe, nearly a Third of States Lack Abortion Access By Bethany SaxonThe legal limitations restricting abortion in the United States continue to erode access to […] Photo by Adobe Stock Photo Jan. 24, 2023 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 By Bethany SaxonIn the legislative sessions spanning January 1, 2021, through May 20, 2022, state legislators […] Photo by Jakayla Toney via Unsplash Jan. 24, 2023 Tracking Public Health Authority Changes from 2021 & 2022 Legislative Sessions By Center for Public Health Law ResearchCOVID-19 called for quick, decisive action by public health authorities to support communities and […] Photo by Gibson Hurst via Unsplash Dec. 20, 2022 37 Cities Earn Overall Medals in CityHealth Assessment of New Prevention-Oriented Policy Package By Bethany SaxonExpanding its partnership with America’s largest cities to help implement policies that can improve […] Photo by Unsplash Dec. 16, 2022 Author Q&A: Paid sick leave policy impacts on health and care utilization in the United States By Center for Public Health Law ResearchHilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early […] Dec. 8, 2022 Two-Thirds of US States Have Enacted Laws to Guide Use of Opioid Litigation Proceeds By Bethany SaxonAs opioids continue to claim record numbers of lives in the United States, state governments are […] Photo by Mathurin Napoly via Unsplash Nov. 21, 2022 The Right Tool for the Job: Supporting Vaccination Rates with Universal Paid Sick Leave By Alina Schnake-Mahl, Rebecca Finkel, Jennifer KolkerDallas, Texas passed an ordinance in 2019 offering residents paid sick leave, which gives workers […]
