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Health Disparities Legislation

WebHealth Disparities Legislation Enacted 2020-2021; State Year Enacted Bill Number Description; Alabama: 2021. AL SJR 106. Recognizes the first report of the state's Maternal Mortality Review …

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State Strategies to Recruit and Retain the Behavioral …

(8 days ago) WebIntroduction. Behavioral health conditions—including mental health and substance use disorders—are common in the United States. Nearly one in five American adults live with a mental illness, and one in …

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Addressing Nursing Shortages: Options for States

(5 days ago) WebAddressing Nursing Shortages: Options for States. As essential frontline workers, nurses provide direct patient care in just about every health care setting. They …

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Comprehensive Policy Approaches to Support the Aging …

(1 days ago) WebTo date, four states have developed or implemented “master plans” that outline long-term, comprehensive approaches to support various aspects of aging across health, human services, housing, transportation, …

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State Action on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

(4 days ago) WebState Action on Coronavirus (COVID-19) The National Conference of State Legislatures brings you up-to-date, real-time information about bills related to and …

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Series Vaccine Policy Series

(9 days ago) WebVaccine Policy Series. Vaccines are considered among the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. These safe and effective tools play a …

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Bolstering the Health Workforce Starts With Good Data, …

(4 days ago) WebAsk a roomful of legislators and staff to name the top three problems with the health care workforce in their states, and the answers are clear: recruiting new health …

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Ensuring Quality of Care in Long-Term Care Facilities

(1 days ago) WebPatients and families have long preferred home- and community-based services over institutional care, but since pandemic, the number of nursing home …

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State Options to Increase Access to Medication Assisted Treatment

(3 days ago) WebOne strategy, telemedicine, or the remote delivery of health care using telecommunications technology, can increase access to MAT in underserved and rural …

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Preventing Infant and Maternal Mortality: State Policy Options

(9 days ago) WebA National Problem. After decades of decline, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has increased over the last 10 years. According to the Centers for Disease …

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Rural Emergency Hospitals

(3 days ago) WebRural emergency hospital (REH) is a new Medicare provider designation established by Congress through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. REHs are …

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Report State Approaches to Ensuring Healthy Pregnancies …

(8 days ago) WebHealthy Start programs aim to reduce infant mortality rates, increase access to early prenatal care and remove barriers to health care access. Florida’s Healthy Start …

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State Policy Options and Pharmacy Benefit Managers

(8 days ago) WebHealth plans choose contracts with PBMs that commonly use either a spread pricing reimbursement model or pass-through pricing model. In a spread pricing model, …

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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform

(9 days ago) WebPharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are third-party administrators of prescription drug benefits for 266 million people who have health insurance coverage …

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Letting Non-Physicians Do More Could Ease Health Workforce …

(1 days ago) WebState lawmakers facing chronic health care workforce shortages are exploring legislative solutions across a variety of health care professions. Using non …

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Trends in Disability Employment Legislation

(5 days ago) WebDuring the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions, lawmakers across the country took essential steps toward advancing employment opportunities for people with …

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Supporting Older Adults With Approaches Spanning Multiple …

(3 days ago) WebThe state budgeted a half-time state employee for development of the plan and leveraged health department funds for needs assessment activities.. Similarly, New …

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The National Occupational Licensing Database

(6 days ago) WebThe resulting dataset provides details on the prevalence and levels of initial and continuing education requirements, the number and frequency of examinations, …

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Brief Certificate of Need State Laws

(8 days ago) WebUpdated January 01, 2023. Related Topic: Health. Certificate of need (CON) laws are state regulatory mechanisms for approving major capital expenditures and …

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Understanding Value-Based Care: Key Terms, Tradeoffs and …

(1 days ago) WebFee-For-Service (FFS): The most prevalent payment system for health care in the U.S., FFS is a payment method in which health care providers are paid based on …

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Child Care Funding Deadline Approaching: It’s Your Move, States

(3 days ago) WebIt has been one blow after another for the child care workforce. Financial strain from rising operational costs and reduced enrollment during the pandemic forced …

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EMS Legislative Database

(2 days ago) WebEMS Legislative Database. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a system that provides emergency medical care for patients following an incident that causes …

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