Search
Paid sick leave laws
Require employers in an affected jurisdiction to provide paid time off for employees to use when ill or injured
Allied dental professional scope of practice
Expand the role of allied dental professionals (e.g., hygienists, therapists, etc.) via changes to statute, dentist supervision requirements, etc.
Price transparency initiatives for patients
Make pricing for hospital procedures and other health care services publicly available, often via websites, online databases, report cards, or similar tools
Restaurant nutrition labeling
Provide nutrition information on menus and signboards at restaurants and other food outlets
School-based tobacco prevention skill-building programs
Teach students personal and social skills to avoid tobacco use; led by teachers, health educators, or students in elementary schools, middle schools, or high schools
Farm to school programs
Incorporate locally grown foods into school meals and snacks, often with visits from food producers, cooking classes, nutrition and waste reduction efforts, and school gardens
Child-focused advertising restrictions for unhealthy foods & beverages
Restrict child-focused advertising for unhealthy foods and beverages via bans on unhealthy food and drink ads during children’s TV programs, product placement in children’s movies, etc.
Multi-component school-based obesity prevention interventions
Deliver educational, behavioral, environmental, and other obesity prevention efforts (e.g., education classes, enhanced physical education, healthy food promotion, family outreach, etc.) in schools
Plastic bag bans
Prohibit the manufacture, use, and provision of single-use plastic bags, either partially or completely, and provide education and outreach to raise consumer awareness and support of bans
Medication-assisted treatment access enhancement initiatives
Provide medications such as methadone to individuals diagnosed with opioid use disorder in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings, usually with counseling and behavioral therapies; often called MAT