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Trends and Emerging Issues in Public Health from the 2014 State Legislative Sessions
By November, all but four state legislatures will have adjourned for the year, making this an opportune time to provide an overview of public health legislative trends from the 2014 state sessions. This presentation will also provide an opportunity to highlight promising public health laws that were enacted as well as discuss bills that posed potential threat to public health. Issues discussed may include, but will not be limited to those identified in ASTHO’s 2014 state legislative prospectus. Note to session planner, this session is suitable for both lay and legal audiences.
Learning Areas:
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelinesPublic health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Identify trends and promising public health laws adopted by state legislatures during the 2014 legislative sessions.
Keyword(s): Policy/Policy Development, Law
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of State Health Policy at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. In this role, I identify and analyze state legislative and regulatory trends impacting public health and state health agencies, conduct legal research, support the peer network of state health agency legislative liaisons as well as a workgroup of state public health attorneys.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.