Public Health

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to explore ways to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement to improve health outcomes of Kentuckians. [SCR-61] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
State the General Assembly's support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish the Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force to integrate the principles of the Make America Healthy Again movement; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills Received In House on 02/28/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program. [HB-556] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS 210.370 to 210.485 to create the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program; establish duties and responsibilities; amend KRS 210.400 to establish that the community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall implement, staff, and operate the Kentucky Child Mental Health Services Access Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Health Services (h) on 02/25/2025

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State (Colorado)
Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Opioid Antagonist Availability & State Board of Health [SB-164] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Children and Youth ]
Concerning opioid antagonists with a primary focus on the youth opioid epidemic, and, in connection therewith, clarifying requirements for school policies about possession and administration of opioid antagonists, requiring the state board of health to determine who a prescriber may prescribe or dispense an opioid antagonist to, and requiring the state board to consult with the Colorado youth advisory council on issues relating to the youth opioid epidemic.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet Governor Signed on 05/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions [HB-1502] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/20/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to rabies vaccinations. [HB-527] [Animals ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 258.005 to define "veterinarian" and "veterinary technician"; amend KRS 258.015 to authorize a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies; require that a Kentucky-licensed veterinary technician authorized to vaccinate a dog, cat, or ferret against rabies be under the direct supervision of a veterinarian that is located on the premises of the facility.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg Received In Senate on 03/12/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Continuing Budget Operations [HB-125] [Arts and Culture ]
Continuing Budget Operations

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna White Conf Com Appointed on 06/30/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. & Living Donors [SB-101] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. & Living Donors

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee Ref To Com On Rules And Operations Of The Senate on 06/26/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Criminal Falsification of Medical Records [HB-123] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ]
Criminal Falsification of Medical Records

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Willingham Ref To Com On Rules And Operations Of The Senate on 04/10/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer [SB-97] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee Withdrawn From Com on 04/01/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT proposing to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the environment. [HB-470] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ]
Propose to amend Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a right of the people to have a healthy environment, including a right to clean air, pure water, and ecologically healthy habitats; declare the Commonwealth's natural resources, among them its air, water, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, the common property of all people, including generations yet to come; establish that as trustee of the environment and its natural resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people; provide ballot (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/14/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to human gene therapy products and declaring an emergency. [HB-469] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to establish legislative intent; define terms; establish that a person in the Commonwealth shall not administer, by any route or modality, any human gene therapy product for any infectious disease indication, regardless of whether the administration is termed an immunization, vaccine, or any other term; exempt human gene therapy products used to treat cancer or genetic disorders; sunset the provisions on July 1, 2035, unless extended by the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart To Health Services (h) on 02/14/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to school nutrition. [HB-439] [Education ] [Food ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.850 to define terms; ban schools from selling or providing ultra-processed foods during the school day.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Doan To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/14/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to public health hygienists. [HB-449] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Amend KRS 313.040 to allow dental hygienists associated with in-state colleges or universities to practice as a public health hygienist.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Freeland 3rd Reading, Passed 93-0 on 03/07/2025

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State (Utah)
Utah 2025 General Session

Ethylene Oxide Litigation Amendments [SB-266] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Ethylene Oxide Litigation Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Cullimore Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/25/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Newborn Safety Devices [SB-91] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Newborn Safety Devices

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Withdrawn From Com on 03/20/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

AEDs and CPR in Schools [SB-89] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
AEDs and CPR in Schools

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joyce Waddell Withdrawn From Com on 05/01/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Adopt SUDEP Awareness Week [HB-107] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ]
Adopt SUDEP Awareness Week

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell Regular Message Sent To Senate on 04/30/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity [HB-1489] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients of the coverage requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025

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State (Colorado)
Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Preserving Access to Rural Independent Pharmacies [HB-1222] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Concerning measures to preserve health-care access provided by rural independent pharmacies.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet Governor Signed on 05/27/2025

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State (Colorado)
Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Regulation of Medical Nutrition Therapy [HB-1220] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Concerning the regulation of medical nutrition therapy, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet Governor Vetoed on 05/23/2025

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