April 1, 2007
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Program Result
The National Conference of State Legislatures tracked state-level legislative and ballot initiatives involving the medical use of marijuana as part of the organization's Health Policy Tracking Service.
June 19, 2007
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Program Result
Project staff at the National Conference of State Legislatures provided nonpartisan information on health care to state legislators and legislative staff.
March 25, 2009
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Book
Based on their experience with childhood obesity legislation, state legislators and staffers identify key positive and negative factors in the political process to passing state laws on this topic, in this interview-based study included in a supplement to the Journal of Public Health Policy about the 2008 Active Living Research Conference.
October 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, the Institute for Educational Leadership produced two issue briefs on health topics printed as special editions of a newsletter targeted at community collaborative action organizations.
August 1, 1998
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Program Result
The National Association of Counties and the Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University conducted surveys on the role of counties in delivering health care services.
February 20, 2013
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Program Result
Researchers at Mathematica Policy Research analyzed the impact of new rules for determining eligibility for insurance affordability programs under the Affordable Care Act on state governments as well as prospective enrollees.
November 19, 2012
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Report
The Notah Begay III Foundation conducted stakeholder interviews and held meetings to examine the epidemics of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes among Native-American children in New Mexico. This report shares their findings.
May 16, 2013
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Journal Article
In an effort to reduce youth sports traumatic brain injuries (TBI), 44 states and Washington, D.C. have passed youth sports TBI legislation.
May 3, 2013
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Journal Article
By examining 20 state laws mandating insurance coverage of contraceptives, this article examines the sources and consequences of the ambiguity or the precision of the language.
August 1, 2012
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Issue Brief
To support states' understanding of how reasonable compatibility standards might work in practice, this brief will help state implementers better understand how to operationalize the federal rules in their state systems.