This dataset examines state preemption laws that restrict local governments' ability to legislate on key health-related issues, including firearms, race, and election policies.

This longitudinal dataset captures laws addressing authority to respond to public health emergencies that were enacted between May 21, 2022, and September 23, 2024, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

This longitudinal dataset provides an overview of state statutes, regulations, and court rules governing debt collection lawsuits from January 1, 2023, through December 1, 2023, in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories.

This project identifies a series of 84 actionable steps for government at all levels to improve and align drug policy in the United States.

This dataset is cross-sectional and displays key features of approved state Section 1115 waivers.

This dataset presents legal datasets documenting 2021–2022 state legislation addressing emergency public health authority, mapping laws that reallocate, limit, or strengthen public health powers.

This dataset tracks emerging legislation decriminalizing the possession of controlled substances across the U.S., focusing on bills and laws from January 2021 to August 2022, and provides policy recommendations.

This report presents legal recommendations for improving U.S. COVID-19 policy, addressing topics like pandemic preparedness, health care access, and equitable governance to mitigate future crises.

This 2020 dataset reviews TRAP laws mandating abortion facilities meet hospital-level licensing standards, including staffing and transfer arrangements. Part of a collaboration on abortion law, it highlights state-specific facility requirements.

This 2020 dataset outlines TRAP laws requiring abortion facilities to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), detailing facility requirements. Part of a broader collaboration on abortion law regulations.

This dataset shows the variation in state laws regulating abortion facilities under distinct abortion facility licensing (AFL) provisions and additional abortion provider requirements, highlighting legal differences as of August 31, 2020.

This report assesses legal responses to COVID-19, offering policy recommendations on preparedness, health care, and equity to guide policymakers in addressing the pandemic's challenges and opportunities.

This report series highlights a chronic affordability gap and persistently inequitable and unhealthy living conditions in US housing, and suggesst areas for research and action needed to produce healthier communities.

Scott Burris examines opportunity costs in public health law and the role evaluation and legal epidemiology should play in monitoring and evaluating the laws that impact Americans' health.

This dataset outlines state laws related to the involuntary commitment of individuals for substance use and addiction, a response to the opioid crisis. It provides a detailed legal map created by LawAtlas.org.