Act for Public Health: Public Health Preemption
This longitudinal dataset captures details of bills preempting public health measures introduced between January 1, 2021, and May 20, 2022, in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
State and Local Governance
Geography
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2021 - May 20, 2022
last Updated
Nov 18, 2024
Variables
- Is there a bill involving the preemption of a public health emergency measure?
- What kind of public health measure is preempted?
Laws Addressing Public Health Authority to Respond to Emergencies (2022-2024)
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.
Public Health Topic
State and Local Governance
Geography
50 U.S States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
May 21, 2022 – September 23, 2024
last Updated
Oct 14, 2024
Variables
- Has the state enacted a law since May 21, 2022, that addresses authority to respond to public health emergencies?
- Has the state enacted a law since May 21, 2022, that limits authority regarding public health emergency orders?
- Has the state enacted a law that reallocates authority regarding public health emergency orders?
- Plus 5 others...
Isolation and Quarantine Legislation
This longitudinal dataset captures state legislation addressing isolation and quarantine authority and measures introduced between January 1, 2024, and September 23, 2024, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, State and Local Governance, Public Health Infrastructure
Geography
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2024
last Updated
Oct 10, 2024
Variables
- Has the state introduced a bill since January 1, 2024 regulating isolation and/or quarantine authority?
- How does the bill regulation isolation and/or quarantine authority?
State Statutory Rape Laws
This is a longitudinal database of statutory rape laws in place in each US state effective between January 1, 2000, and July 31, 2021. The database describes three aspects of the laws: the age of consent to sex, close-in-age exceptions to the age of consent, and marital exemptions to statutory rape laws.
Public Health Topic
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Geography
50 U.S. States
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2000 - July 31, 2021
last Updated
Sep 13, 2024
Variables
- Does the state law specify an age of consent for sexual intercourse?
- Does the state law specify a close-in-age exception?
- Does the state law specify a marital exemption to statutory rape?
Tobacco Free K-12 School Tobacco Policies in Florida
This map identifies and displays key features of district or county-level tobacco policies across all 67 school districts in Florida, in effect from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2023.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, Oral Health, Chronic Disease, Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Geography
67 School Districts
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2023
last Updated
Sep 13, 2024
Variables
- Does the school district have a policy regulating tobacco in schools?
- What is included in the definition of "tobacco"?
- What are the consequences for a student violation of the policy?
- How does the school board policy address tobacco use by staff?
- How does the school board policy address tobacco use by visitors?
- Plus 8 others...
State/Territory Debt Collection Litigation Laws
This longitudinal dataset provides an overview of laws governing debt collection lawsuits from January 1, 2023, through December 1, 2023, in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Public Health Topic
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Geography
50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2023 – December1, 2023
last Updated
Aug 14, 2024
Variables
- What type of laws regulate debt collection lawsuits at any stage?
- What type of debt collection-specific policy does the jurisdiction have, if any?
- What types of debt claims, if any, are regulated by the state's debt claim-specific law?
- Plus 32 others...
ASTHO: Overdose Surveillance
This is a cross-sectional data set analyzing statutes and regulations related to select overdose surveillance policies as of January 1, 2023.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Geography
50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
last Updated
Jul 11, 2024
Variables
- Does this jurisdiction establish overdose fatality review committees in law (statute or regulation)?
- Does the law require prescribers to check prescription drug monitoring programs before prescribing opioids?
- Does the law require incorporation of naloxone dispensing data into prescription drug monitoring programs?
- Plus 2 others...
2021-2022 Racial Equity Dataset: A Searchable Collection of Laws Related to Racial Equity
The Racial Equity dataset captures features of laws introduced and enacted during the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions in all 50 U.S. states, that address health disparities and racial equity and that were still in effect as of December 31, 2022.
Public Health Topic
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Geography
50 U.S. states
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
last Updated
Jun 24, 2024
Variables
- Was a law enacted in 2021 or 2022 that relates to racial health equity and that was still in effect on December 31, 2022?
State Bills Relating to Vaccines in Schools and Provider Scopes of Practice
This longitudinal dataset captures legislation addressing school entry vaccination requirements, non-medical exemptions to school vaccination requirements, the reallocation of authority to determine vaccination requirements for schools, and expansions to provider scope of practice to administer vaccines between January 1, 2023, and May 22, 2023, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Geography
50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2023 - May 22, 2023
last Updated
Jun 18, 2024
Variables
ASTHO: Harm Reduction Overdose Prevention Center Legislation
This is a longitudinal dataset analyzing proposed legislation related to the establishment of overdose prevention centers and state pilot programs for overdose prevention centers as from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2023.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Geography
50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
last Updated
Jun 12, 2024
Variables
- Has there been legislation considered to authorize an overdose prevention center between January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023?