Recent State Legislative Attempts to Restructure Public Health Authority: The Good, The Bad, and The Way Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred legal and policy attacks against foundational public health authorities. Act for Public Health - a partnership of public health law organizations - has tracked legislative activity since January 2021. This article describes that activity, highlighting 2023 bills primari...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of law, medicine & ethics medicine & ethics, 2024, Vol.52 (S1), p.43-48
Hauptverfasser:	Briggs, Darlene Huang, Platt, Elizabeth, Zellers, Leslie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bioethics COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 Vaccines Drug stores Funding Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Immunization Innovations Law Legislation Legislatures Modernization Pandemics Pandemics - legislation & jurisprudence Pharmacy Public health Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence SARS-CoV-2 Scope of practice State Government United States
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Zusammenfassung:	The COVID-19 pandemic spurred legal and policy attacks against foundational public health authorities. Act for Public Health - a partnership of public health law organizations - has tracked legislative activity since January 2021. This article describes that activity, highlighting 2023 bills primarily related to vaccine requirements and policy innovations undertaken in the wake of the pandemic. Finally, we preview a legal framework for more equitable and effective public health authority.
ISSN:	1073-1105 1748-720X 1748-720X
DOI:	10.1017/jme.2024.70