Social Distancing: How States are Handling Business Closures

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Tracking Findings and TrendsDiscusses the response of different states to using public health measures to close businesses. Click Here For...

Public Health Preemption

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Tracking DatabasesDataset providing information on efforts from state legislatures to preempt public health measures from local authorities. Click Here For...

Public Health Authority Limits

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Tracking DatabasesDataset providing information on instances of state legislation intended to limit public health authority related to emergency orders. Click Here For...

Sentinel Surveillance of Emerging Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders

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Tracking DatabasesDataset tracking laws that limited executive authority (either for governors, state health agencies, and/or state health officials) to use emergency orders to respond to public health emergencies, especially in the context of COVID-19. Click Here For...

Summary of Authority & Actions Regarding Public Health Emergencies: Michigan Public Health Code

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Public Health Authority and Legal PrimersFact sheet specific to Michigan that details a list of actions that state and local health officers can use when responding to a public health emergency, including the kind of action that can be taken, the legal source of...