Emergency Suspension Powers
This page shows state laws that explicitly grant governors the power to suspend, amend, or create laws during emergencies
Public Health Topic
Public Health Infrastructure
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
June 21, 2017 - June 21, 2017
last Updated
Nov 12, 2020
Variables
- Does state law grant emergency powers to the governor to change law during a declared emergency?
- What emergency powers are granted to change law?
- What types of law may be changed?
Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice
This dataset identifies the variation in scope of practice laws, including whether nurse practitioners are provided full or limited practice authority, whether there is a transition to practice requirement before they are given full practice authority and what clinical activities they may conduct autonomously.
Public Health Topic
Health Services
Geography
50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
May 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017
last Updated
Nov 12, 2020
Variables
- Are nurse practitioners provided full practice authority under the law?
- Does the law limit the practice authority of nurse practitioners?
Youth Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Laws
This map identifies and displays key features of laws aimed at reducing harm from brain injuries occurring during youth sports activities across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Public Health Topic
Injury and Violence Prevention, Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Geography
50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2009 - July 1, 2017
last Updated
Nov 11, 2020
Variables
- Does state law specifically address youth sports TBIs?
- Does the law require a student athlete with a suspected TBI to be removed from play?
- Must the parent or guardian be notified of the suspected or diagnosed TBI?
- Does the law specify requirements for a return-to-play policy?
- Does the law specify requirements for a return-to-learn policy?
- Plus 5 others...
Public Health Departments and State Patient Confidentiality Laws
This portal shows state statutes and regulations that address health departments’ ability to release and use personally identifiable information (PII) to promote public health and coordinate care.
Public Health Topic
Health Services, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Infrastructure, Health Communication and Information Technology, Chronic Disease
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 15, 2013 - August 15, 2013
last Updated
Nov 11, 2020
Variables
- Does state law require communicable diseases to be reported to a health department?
- Does state law include a provision regulating the release of general personally identifiable information (PII) held by the health department?
- Plus 15 others...
Office-Based Surgery Laws
This dataset identifies variation in states that have office-based surgery requirements in effect as of August 1, 2016.
Public Health Topic
Reproductive and Sexual Health
Geography
50 U.S States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2016 - August 1, 2016
last Updated
Sep 30, 2020
Variables
- Is there a law that regulates facilities that perform OBS generally?
- What conduct triggers regulation under the law? (Text response)
- What type of procedure triggers regulation?
- What percentage of procedures triggers regulation?
- What level of sedation triggers regulation?
- Plus 12 others...
Residential Eviction Laws in 40 U.S. Cities
This map identifies and displays key features of state, county, and city-level laws governing the residential eviction process in 40 U.S. cities — the 10 largest cities in the four Census regions — in effect as of August 1, 2018.
Public Health Topic
Housing
Geography
40 U.S. cities
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2018 - August 1, 2018
last Updated
Jun 11, 2020
Variables
- Is a court order required for a lawful eviction?
- For what causes can a landlord evict a tenant?
- Does a landlord waive their right to evict for nonpayment of rent by accepting partial payment of rent?
- In cases of nonpayment of rent, how many days' notice must a tenant be given before a landlord may file for eviction?
- Plus 24 others...
State Fair Housing Protections
This map identifies and displays key features of state fair housing laws in effect from August 1, 2017 to August 1, 2019.
Public Health Topic
Housing
Geography
50 U.S States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2017 - August 1, 2019
last Updated
Feb 28, 2020
Variables
- Does the state prohibit discrimination in housing-related transactions?
- Which protected classes are regulated under the law?
- Does the law extend protections to perceived members of a protected class?
- Plus 8 others...
City Nuisance Property Ordinances
This dataset identifies and displays key features of city nuisance property ordinances across the 40 most populous cities in the United States in effect from August 1, 2017 through August 1, 2019.
Public Health Topic
Housing
Geography
40 U.S Cities
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2017 - August 1, 2019
last Updated
Feb 28, 2020
Variables
- Is there a city ordinance regulating nuisance activity at residential properties?
- What conduct constitutes a nuisance activity?
- Whose conduct is considered when determining if a nuisance exists?
- What conduct is exempt from being considered a nuisance?
- Plus 7 others...
State Supplemental Payments for Children with Disabilities
This map identifies and displays key features of state-level supplemental security payment laws for children with disabilities across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in effect beginning January 1, 1996 to November 1, 2018.
Public Health Topic
Disabilities
Geography
50 U.S States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 1996 - November 1, 2018
last Updated
Feb 11, 2020
Variables
- Does the state provide an optional supplementation payment (SSP) in addition to federal SSI?
- Is the state’s SSP available to children with disabilities?
- Which entity administers the SSP?
- Is a state application required for SSP eligibility?
- Plus 6 others...
Tobacco Pricing Strategies
This map presents state-level statutes and regulations that impact tobacco pricing strategies as of September 1, 2019.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Geography
50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2019
last Updated
Nov 21, 2019
Variables
- Does the state tax cigarettes?
- What other tobacco products are taxed at a distinct rate?
- Does the state explicitly tax electronic cigarettes?
- Does the state preempt the local taxation of tobacco?
- Does the state set minimum prices for tobacco?
- Plus 2 others...