This longitudinal dataset captures more than 170 years of US state laws governing minors’ legal capacity to independently consent to sexual health services without the involvement of their parent or guardian.

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 longitudinal dataset provides a comprehensive overview of anti-bullying laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, from January 1, 1999, through January 1, 2018.

This article provides 18 years of data (1999–2017) on anti-bullying legislation and amendments across 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and describes how the legal content analysis was conducted.

This longitudinal dataset captures legislation addressing vaccines in schools and provider scopes of practice between January 1, 2023, and May 22, 2023, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

This dataset examines state Medicaid prior authorization policies for pediatric ADHD medications, focusing on age restrictions and approval criteria as of April 1, 2023, to guide best practices in ADHD treatment.

This dataset examines features of prior authorization policies in the Medicaid managed care plans of five states.

This dataset provides a high-level overview of state abortion restrictions and protections enacted post-Dobbs, tracking key legal developments from June 1, 2022, through June 1, 2023 .  

This dataset examines state laws regulating unpaid school meal debt, focusing on student protections and how schools address unpaid meal charges in all 50 U.S. states, valid through April 2021.

This project explores laws regulating unpredictable workplace scheduling practices, focusing on how these laws impact women's health, especially stress and mental well-being, during and before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This dataset reviews state parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortion, including judicial bypass options and enforceability, as of August 31, 2020.

This article examines the impact of youth access laws and compliance interventions on reducing tobacco sales to minors, finding sufficient evidence supporting their effectiveness in decreasing juvenile smoking.

This article evaluates graduated driver licensing laws, highlighting strong evidence that these programs effectively reduce motor vehicle crashes among inexperienced drivers, particularly teens.

This article reviews the use of standing orders to increase adult vaccination rates, highlighting strong evidence of their effectiveness as a public health intervention to boost vaccine coverage.

This article evaluates Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws for firearms, which impose penalties for unsafe storage. Current evidence remains insufficient to validate CAP laws as public health interventions to reduce gun-related injuries and deaths.