Insurance Billing Practices for Sensitive Health Services: Provider Immunity
This interactive page provides information about the states where health care professionals who provide free services are immune from civil liability, including the type of health care professional qualifying for immunity and the conditions of that immunity.
Public Health Topic
Health Services, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
May 31, 2013 - May 31, 2013
last Updated
Variables
- Are health care professionals who provide "free" services immune from civil liability?
- Which of the following will cause the health care professional to lose the immunity protection?
Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Laws
This map identifies and displays key features of involuntary outpatient commitment laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, from January 1, 2000 to March 1, 2016.
Public Health Topic
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2000 - March 1, 2016
last Updated
Variables
- Is there a state law regulating involuntary outpatient commitment?
- What are the criteria for involuntary outpatient commitment of an individual?
- Who can initiate involuntary outpatient commitment?
- Can a patient refuse medication once in treatment?
- Plus 5 others...
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
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?
School Discipline Laws
This map identifies and displays key features of state-level school discipline laws in effect from January 1, 2008 to December 1, 2018.
Public Health Topic
Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2018
last Updated
Variables
- Does the state have a law regulating school discipline?
- Does the law regulate school expulsion policies?
- Does the law regulate school suspension policies?
- Must the individual circumstances of each violation be considered prior to expulsion or suspension?
- Plus 5 others...
Health Insurance Coverage Laws for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Training
This page shows which states have laws that cover diabetes self-management education and training for both private insurance plans and Medicaid.
Public Health Topic
Chronic Disease
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017
last Updated
Variables
- Does the law require private insurance plans to cover DSME/T?
- Does the law require the state Medicaid program to cover DSME/T?
Public Health Departments and State Patient Confidentiality Laws
The Patient Confidentiality and Public Health Map is intended to be a tool for reviewing laws and regulations in one state or for comparing them across several states.
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
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...
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
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2017
last Updated
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...
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Bills
This is a longitudinal dataset displaying all HIA bills introduced between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016.
Public Health Topic
Public Health Infrastructure
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016
last Updated
Variables
- Has a health impact assessment (HIA) bill been introduced in the jurisdiction?
- What is the bill number?
- Does the bill require an HIA?
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
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2019
last Updated
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...
Induced Seismicity from Oil and Gas Wastewater Injection
This resource identifies and displays key features of Class II UIC well law related to induced seismicity from seven states and the United States EPA in effect from January 1, 2018 through August 16, 2019.
Public Health Topic
Environmental Health
Geography
8 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2018 - August 16, 2019
last Updated
Variables
- Does the jurisdiction allow for the disposal of oil and gas production fluids through injection wells?
- Has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delegated primacy of the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program under the Safe Drinking Water Act to the jurisdiction, enabling it to regulate Class II disposal wells?
- Plus 14 others...