The NCSL health programs and staff collect information related to many state and federal health issues. The programs track legislative action in the states, identify new and important research and the effects on public policy and disseminates information about state innovations. Most of the issues that the programs study and track are listed below.
USING THIS ISSUE LIST: Each of the broad topics listed below are web links to additional NCSL reports and resources, from both Denver and D.C. based staff. Most of these links lead to additional publications, legislative tracking reports, slide presentations by staff and other national experts, meeting summaries, web-assisted audio conferences, and/or information on upcoming meetings.
State Health Notes: On topics with the notation "articles" there is an additional link to the index of articles published in NCSL's State Health Notes. In addition, most topics include direct access to non-NCSL publications, articles and communications. NCSL members are entitled to access to all listed publications; non-members may need to purchase selected items.
DIRECT SEARCHES: For a specific health topic you may also conduct a site search using the feature at the top right of this page.
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Access & the Uninsured | articles
Addiction Prevention and Treatment | articles
Adolescent Health
Affordable Insurance for Business and Individuals
Avian Flu and Emergency Preparedness
Cancer Prevention and Control
Children's Health | articles
Chronic Care and Quality | articles
Consumer-Driven Health Plans
Cost Containment, Health
Critical Health Areas Project (CHAP)
Defibrillators, Automatic External (AEDs)
Dependent Status for Insurance
Diabetes
Disease Management
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Disparities in Health | articles
Emergency Preparedness, Health
Environmental Health
ERISA: federal-state law issues
Federal Health Issues
Finance, Health
Genetics
Genetics and Health Insurance
Generic Drugs
Health: NCSL main menu
Health Care: overview
Health Centers
Health Costs & Insurance: overview
Health IT (HITCh) | articles
Health Promotion
Health Reform
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Healthy Food
Heart Attacks & Defibrillators
HIPAA Resources
Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (Health)
Hospitals
HPV Vaccine |
Insurance, Health | articles
Long-Term Care
Managed Care
Mandated Insurance Coverage
Maternal & Child Health
Medicaid | articles
Medicaid for the Uninsured; waivers | articles
Medicaid Prescription Drugs
Medical Liability and Malpractice Tort Reform
Medicare Prescription Drugs & States (Part D) | articles
Mental Health & Substance Abuse | articles
NCSL health Programs and Projects
Obesity
Oral Health
Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs) | articles
Prescription drugs | articles
Prevention & Wellness Overiew
Privacy, Health
Promotion
Providers and Workforce | articles
Public Health: overview | articles
Quality, Health | articles
Reproductive Health
Rural Health
SCHIP- Children's Health | articles
Small Business Health Insurance | articles
Small Business Health Insurance--State Subsidized
State Employee Health Insurance
"State Health Notes"
Substance Abuse | articles
Taxes and health
Technology, Health | articles
Tobacco
Transfat
Uninsured, Access to Healthcare | articles
Universal Health Care | articles
Wellness Overview
Women's Health
Workforce, Health | articles |
For more information on health issues, State Legislators and staff may contact health-info at ncsl.org.
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