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Overview The following Hybrid Entity Policy Template documents the hybrid entity and its required components. Because this policy is a useful reference for a variety…

Overview Boatmon and Cupid v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Nov. 7, 2019): The U.S. Court of…

Many schools throughout the nation have moved to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal programs can help address the digital divide by increasing capacity for schools to provide broadband service or by providing broadband access to students that lack access to broadband at home.

Liability protections have been put in place at both the state and local levels for different types of actors and entities involved in emergency response efforts. This table highlights those potential liability protections for individuals, including healthcare workers, volunteers and private sector employees, and entities, including government agencies, hospitals or healthcare facilities, non-profit organizations and for-profit organizations.

Overview Ms. J.P. et al. v. William P Barr (U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Nov. 5, 2019):A California district court ordered the…

This resource examines pregnancy-associated deaths and pregnancy-related deaths; how MMR investigations and reports can provide critical data and information that can help prevent maternal mortality; and legislation supporting the establishment of MMRs.

Overview Health departments may choose whether to be completely covered by HIPAA, or to only apply HIPAA where legally required to do so, which is…

As we look at the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be, and even now are facing to some extent, the inability of health care personnel, equipment and resources to keep pace with the need for live-saving treatment, acute hospital care and intervention.

Federal law bans convicted drug felons from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This brief discusses the public health consequences of rescinding nutritional assistance from people with drug convictions. The 50-State Survey examines how states have reacted to the ban, by either leaving it in place, removing it, or modifying it.

This resource provides a description of the laws and regulations governing reporting of overdoses in the jurisdictions that require or explicitly permit it.

Overview Prison Populations. Parsons v. Shins (U.S. District Court – Arizona): On March 16, 2020, in an ongoing class action suit against the Arizona Department…

This report analyzes the extent to which Michigan statutes facilitate or hinder the ability of local health departments to deliver these essential services.