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Judicial Trends in Public Health 2020: Year in Review
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST  |  January 19, 2021

Join Network attorneys as they highlight their top choices for pivotal, influential judicial decisions over the past year. More than just a “year in review,” this session will help you forecast judicial trends in public health law for 2021.  View Page →

Racial Health Equity Information Session: Call for Applications for Network-Funded Law and Policy Assistance

WebinarsMechanisms for Advancing Health EquityRacism as a Public Health CrisisMechanisms for Advancing Public Health

August 29, 2024
by April Shaw, Kathleen Hoke, Quang H. Dang and Sara Rogers

The Network seeks to support local, state, and tribal governments, health departments, community-based groups or organizations, nonprofits, professional associations, health care systems and providers, and others in their efforts to eliminate deep, systemic, and racially driven inequities in public health. Join us for a webinar outlining our recently released Legal and Policy Assistance to Address Racial Health Equity call for applications (RHE CFA) to support work on racial health equity. We are seeking applicants developing or working on a specific issue that prioritizes racial equity that would benefit from legal and policy technical assistance. We can assist with work that is at any stage of development.

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Protecting and Improving Local Public Health Authority to Advance Our Collective Health

WebinarsPublic Health AuthorityMechanisms for Advancing Public HealthAct for Public Health

June 27, 2024
by Darlene Huang Briggs

Attend this webinar to hear from public health colleagues about the spectrum of efforts across local governmental public health to improve their legal authority to advance the public’s health and health equity. These efforts span years, and in some cases, were activated or accelerated following either the murder of George Floyd or the increased backlash against fundamental public health authorities and services during the COVID-19 pandemic, or both.

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Policies in Schools to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm

WebinarsHarm Reduction Legal ProjectSubstance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction

June 24, 2024
by Amy Lieberman

The Network for Public Health Law’s Harm Reduction Legal Project, in collaboration with ChangeLab Solutions, is hosting a series of four webinars funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to introduce two forthcoming resources that policy decision makers can use to support their work to advance policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm. Each webinar will introduce the resources, Preventing Overdose & Reducing Drug-Related Harm: A Policy Guide for State and Local Change and Implementing State and Local Overdose Prevention Policies: A Resource for Navigating the Policy Process. The individual webinars will additionally provide specific information on policies most relevant to one of four sectors: community, criminal/legal, healthcare, and schools (K-12). In this session – focused on the schools sector – a guest speaker will discuss their experience implementing harm reduction policies, including strategies and challenges, and answer questions from attendees.

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Healthcare Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm

WebinarsHarm Reduction Legal ProjectSubstance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction

June 6, 2024
by Amy Lieberman

The Network for Public Health Law’s Harm Reduction Legal Project, in collaboration with ChangeLab Solutions, is hosting a series of four webinars funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to introduce two forthcoming resources that policy decision makers can use to support their work to advance policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm. In this session – focused on the healthcare sector – a guest speaker will discuss their experience implementing harm reduction policies, including strategies and challenges, and answer questions from attendees.

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Criminal and Legal Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm

WebinarsHarm Reduction Legal ProjectSubstance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction

June 6, 2024
by Amy Lieberman

The Network for Public Health Law’s Harm Reduction Legal Project, in collaboration with ChangeLab Solutions, is hosting a series of four webinars funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to introduce two forthcoming resources that policy decision makers can use to support their work to advance policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm. In this session – focused on the criminal/legal sector – a guest speaker will discuss their experience implementing harm reduction policies, including strategies and challenges, and answer questions from attendees.

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Community-Based Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm

WebinarsHarm Reduction Legal ProjectSubstance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction

May 21, 2024
by Amy Lieberman

Attend this webinar, co-sponsored by the Network’s Harm Reduction Legal Project and ChangeLab Solutions, to learn about resources communities can employ to support selecting, adopting, and implementing policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm. Law and policy experts will provide an overview of two recently published resources: Preventing Overdose and Reducing Drug-Related Harm: A Policy Guide for State and Local Change and Implementing State and Local Overdose Prevention Policies: A Resource for Navigating the Policy Process. Attendees will also hear from individuals working within their communities to implement harm reduction strategies and policies.

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Heat Pumps: An Emerging Tool to Support Cleaner Air, More Affordable Energy, and Better Health

WebinarsEnvironment, Climate and Health

May 15, 2024
by Jill Krueger

Public health practitioners, policymakers, and community advocates alike will have an opportunity to learn about the compelling evidence of the economic, environmental, and health benefits of heat pumps. Presenters will describe recent initiatives to rapidly expand adoption of heat pumps, including through innovative laws and policies, as well as opportunities for increased advocacy by public health practitioners and community health, and health equity advocates.

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Final HIPAA Rule on Reproductive Health Care Privacy: Impacts for Public Health

WebinarsReproductive Health and Equity HIPAA Facts & FictionHealth Information and Data Sharing

May 1, 2024
by Charles Curran, Joanna S. Suder, Stephen Murphy and Susan Fleurant

The newly issued Biden Administration HIPAA Final Rule seeks to strengthen privacy protections under HIPAA for protected health information potentially related to reproductive health care. Join Network attorneys as they discuss key provisions, potential implementation challenges and what this means for public health, including how the rule may affect data transfers for public health purposes.

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It Takes a Village: Expanding the Types of Professionals Who Can Provide Reproductive Care for Improved Maternal Health Outcomes

WebinarsReproductive Health and Equity Health and Health CareMaternal and Child Health

March 28, 2024
by Kathleen Hoke

Attend this webinar to learn about the law and policy levers that can improve maternal health outcomes and increase access to reproductive health care, with concrete examples that can be implemented in any jurisdiction, regardless of laws regulating abortion care. This webinar will focus on state laws regulating access to direct-entry midwives and doulas and how improved access supports maternal health. The webinar will also describe an innovative state law designed to train and educate physician assistants and nurse practitioners who are permitted to provide sexual and reproductive health care.

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Cannabis Legalization: Critical Policy Issues Impacting the Health of Children

WebinarsCannabis Legalization and RegulationSubstance Use Prevention and Harm ReductionHealth in School

March 15, 2024
by Mathew Swinburne

Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have now legalized cannabis for medical and/or adult-use. This wave of policy change has important health implications for children, especially those with medical conditions whose treatment includes the use of cannabis products. Additionally, new research is raising concerns about the effects of exposure to cannabis advertising on children and youth. Attend this webinar for an examination of these two youth focused policy issues that states must address as part of cannabis legalization.

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Harm Reduction Laws in the United States – 2024 Update

WebinarsSubstance Use Prevention and Harm ReductionHarm Reduction Legal ProjectHarm Reduction Legal Project Resources

February 27, 2024
by Amy Lieberman, Ashleigh Dennis and Corey Davis

In the U.S. there is considerable variation in the presence and specifics of laws regarding drug paraphernalia, naloxone access, and protections for people who call for help in an overdose, and these laws have changed over time. This webinar is designed to reduce confusion around harm reduction laws in the U.S. and help individuals and organizations better understand how the legal landscape in their state may impact access to harm reduction services and supplies and emergency medical assistance in an overdose.

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Legal Strategies and Local Solutions to Equitably Mitigate the Health Impacts of Climate Change

WebinarsEnvironment, Climate and HealthMechanisms for Advancing Health Equity

February 21, 2024
by Betsy Lawton

While climate change requires mitigation efforts on a global scale, local mitigation and solutions for climate adaptation are equally critical to reduce the negative health outcomes and address the health threats posed by climate change. Attend this webinar to learn how climate change can be integrated into a health department’s core mission and work; and law and policy strategies to mitigate the adverse and inequitable health impacts.

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