This dataset examines laws regulating prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), covering access to databases, delegation, patient rights, and law enforcement access from January 1, 1998 to July 1, 2016.

This dataset examines laws on the administration of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), including data collection, funding, and powers, covering January 1, 1998 to July 1, 2016.

This dataset analyzes laws on PDMP reporting and authorized use, including reporting requirements, drug schedules covered, and data-sharing with insurers, Medicaid, and interstate PDMPs.

This study evaluates Iowa's anti-bullying law, finding a decrease in bullying over time but no improvement in teacher intervention. The law’s effectiveness in reducing bullying was mixed, with teacher response worsening post-enactment.

This study finds that many gun-related crimes and suicides involved individuals prohibited from owning firearms. It suggests that temporarily restricting gun access for those detained for mental health reasons could prevent violence.

This study analyzes Florida’s opioid laws, finding significant reductions in prescriptions from high-risk prescribers. While prescriptions dropped, low-risk providers saw minimal change, indicating the laws targeted high-risk prescribing effectively.

This dataset explores state laws granting governors emergency suspension powers to manage public health crises, natural disasters, and security threats, including the ability to amend or create laws during emergencies.

This dataset examines state laws on "death with dignity" and assisted suicide, focusing on legislation permitting or criminalizing physician-assisted suicide and ongoing policy debates.

This dataset analyzes state laws recognizing the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, highlighting policies on insurance coverage, advisory councils, reporting requirements, and funding sources to improve primary care delivery and outcomes.

This study analyzes the variability in state laws on workplace wellness programs for public and private employers. In 2014, 33 states and DC had laws, differing in their approaches to shaping program requirements.

This article compares U.S. and U.K. approaches to harm reduction, focusing on e-cigarette policies, and examines whether England's strategy could reframe the global debate on e-cigarette regulation.

Boston's 2011 regulation mandating minimum pricing and packaging of cigars reduced the availability of single flavored cigars by 34.4% citywide, curbing youth access. Compliance among 1,100 retailers was achieved within 15 months.

This dataset reviews minimum wage laws in the U.S., comparing federal and state rates from 1980 to 2016, highlighting instances where employees receive higher applicable minimum wage rates.

This dataset analyzes state laws governing pharmacist substitution of biologics with biosimilars, focusing on criteria for substitution, notification, labeling, recordkeeping, and liability requirements.

This study links state laws mandating flu vaccines for healthcare workers to increased vaccination rates, rising from 22.5% to 50.9% after more states adopted such laws from 2006-2011. Rates remain below the Healthy People 2020 target of 90%.