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Elizabeth Platt, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Caitlin Davie, JD •
CPHLR

This dataset presents state-level statutes and regulations on prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) laws covering reporting requirements, mandates requiring providers to check PDMP databases before prescribing controlled substances, and provisions regulating access.  

 
Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow
DeAnna Baumle, JD, MSW •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Amy Cook, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Alexandra Hess, JD, MPH •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Cydney M. Murray, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion prior to viability. Under Roe v. Wade, the legal landscape of abortion was a complex patchwork of state laws and court decisions regulating access to the procedure. The Dobbs decision further compromised abortion access by allowing states to ban all or most abortions.  

 
Alexander Frazer, JD •
CPHLR
Sabrina Ruchelli, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research

To mitigate morbidity and mortality associated with prescription opioids, most states have implemented limits on opioid analgesic prescribing. Approaches vary, but these laws generally restrict the duration of an opioid prescriptions by the number of days supplied. Some states additionally limit the daily dosage or total dosage allowed in opioid prescriptions.

This dataset presents state-level statutes and regulations across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in effect between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2019.

 
Jonathan Larsen, JD, MPP •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Sabrina Ruchelli, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Amy Cook, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This research collected Financial Assistance Policies and related debt collection policies from a representative sample of 75 340B hospitals to better understand financial support for pharmaceuticals for low-income populations.

 
Kristen E. Murray •
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Amy Cook, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Caitlin Davie, JD •
CPHLR

This dataset on LawAtlas.org explores statutes and regulations addressing school lunch policies in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. This dataset is valid through April 1, 2021.

 
Elizabeth Platt, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This dataset is cross-sectional and displays key features of state Medicaid Waivers addressing COVID-19 across all 50 states and the District of Columbia approved as of July 1, 2021.

 
Elizabeth Platt, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This dataset, published on PDAPS.org, is cross-sectional and displays key features of state laws increasing access to buprenorphine and methadone during COVID-19 across all 50 states and the District of Columbia approved as of June 1, 2021.

 
Elizabeth Platt, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Jonathan Larsen, JD, MPP •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This dataset, published on PDAPS.org, is cross-sectional and displays key features of mitigation laws at state correctional facilities relating to MOUD treatment across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in effect as of September 1, 2021. 

 

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