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The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century:
2nd Annual Partnership Conference on Public Health Law

Agenda

Monday, June 16, 2003
Pre-Conference Program
8:00am-6:00pm Conference Registration

9:00am-12:00pm Symposium on Public Health Law
Research
- Habersham Room
Moderator:
    Lawrence W. Green, DrPH
    Director, Office of Science and Extramural
    Research
    CDC
Presenters:
    Implementation of Mandatory Immunization Laws
    Daniel Salmon, PhD, MPH
    Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins
    University, Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health
    Translating Law into Action
    Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Jeffrey Levi, PhD
    and Brian Kamoie, JD, MPH
    George Washington University Medical Center
    Center for Health Services Research and Policy
    HIV Impacts of Local Legalization of SEPS in California
    Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
    RAND Corporation
    Influence of Criminal Law on HIV Sexual Risk Behavior
    Zita Lazzarini, JD, MPH
    Division of Medical Humanities
    University of Connecticut Health Center,
    Department of Community Medicine

    The Impact of New Yorks HIV Reporting
    and Partner Notification Law
    James Tesoriero, PhD
    New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
    Impact of Implementing the Washington State
    Ergonomics Rule
    Barbara Silverstein, PhD, MPH
    Research Director for Safety and Health Assessment
    and Research for Prevention,
    State of Washington Department of Labor and Industries
    Impact of Laws on State Reported Elder Abuse
    Gerald J. Jogerst, MD
    Department of Family Medicine University of Iowa
    Impact of a State Regulation on Immunization Rates of
    Older Adults

    Katherine Hempstead, PhD
    Director, Center for Health Statistics,
    State of New Jersey Department of Health
    and Senior Services

1:00pm 3:00pm Symposium on Public Health Law Surveillance: The Nexus of Information Technology and Public Health Law - Marietta Room

Moderator:
    Dan Sosin, MD
    Director, Division of Public Health Surveillance
    and Informatics, CDC
Panelists:
    Angela McGowan, JD, MPH
    Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Atlanta, GA
    Helen Narvasa
    Manager of Operations, Health Policy Tracking Service
    National Conference of State Legislatures
    Washington, DC
    Michael Schooley
    Epidemiologist, Office of Smoking and Health
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Atlanta, GA
    Jocelyn Rankin
    Chief, CDC Information Center
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Atlanta, GA

3:30pm 5:30pm Workshop on Smallpox Legal Preparedness: What Have We Learned? - Habersham Room
Moderator:
    Walter Orenstein, MD, MPH
    Director, National Immunization Program, CDC
Panelists:
    Gene Matthews, JD
    Legal Advisor
    Office of General Counsel CDC
    Atlanta, GA

    Wilfredo Lopez, JD
    General Counsel
    City of New York Health Department
    New York, NY
    Anne Murphy, JD
    Chief Counsel/Chief Privacy Officer
    Illinois Dept. of Public Health
    Chicago, IL
    Susan Thaul, PhD
    Specialist in Regulation of Prescription Drugs and
    Biologics, Congressional Research Service
    Library of Congress
    Washington, DC

6:00pm 7:30pm Welcoming Reception and Launch of the Public Health Law Association - 27th Floor Crown Room
Speakers:
    Fred E. Thompson, MD
    Deputy Director
    Public Health Service
    CDC
    Thurbert E. Baker, JD
    Attorney General
    State of Georgia
    Atlanta, GA
    Robert Pestronk, MPH
    Executive Committee Co-Chair
    Public Health Law Association

    Cynthia Honssinger, JD
    Executive Committee Co-Chair
    Public Health Law Association

Tuesday, June 17, 2003
7:30am 8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast -
Ballroom Foyer

8:30am 10:15am Plenary Session:
"From Smallpox to SARS: Is the Past Prologue?"
-
Ballroom A
Keynote Speaker:
    John J. Hamre
    President and CEO
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Washington, DC
Panelists:
   D. Peter Drotman, MD, MPH
   Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Infectious Diseases
   National Center for Infectious Diseases,
   CDC
   Mark Shurtleff, JD
   Attorney General
   State of Utah
   Salt Lake City, UT
   James G. Young, MD
   Commissioner of Public Safety and Security
   Ontario

10:15am - 10:30am Break

10:30am 12:00 noon Concurrent Sessions A
  • Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies:
    TOPOFF 2 and Other Lessons
  • New Pressures/New Partnerships: Public Health and Law Enforcement
  • The Role of NGOs in Public Health Law
  • School Based Policies: Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Preemption in Public Health: The Dynamics of Clean Indoor Air Laws

12:00noon 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm 3:00pm Concurrent Sessions B
  • Public Health Preparedness and Law in Communities of Color
  • When Public Health Meets the Judiciary
  • Quarantine in SARS and Other Emerging Diseases
  • New Directions for Health Insurance Design:
    Implications for Public Policy and Practice
  • New Developments in Public Health Case Law
3:00pm 3:15pm Break

3:15pm 3:45pm Concurrent Sessions C
  • Approaches to Implementing the Olmstead ADA Ruling
  • Health Care and Public Health Lawyers: Reclaiming the Historical Role
  • Using Science Based Guidelines to Shape Public Health Law
  • Land Use and Zoning for the Publics Health
  • Using the Turning Point Model State Public Health Law
5:15pm 6:15pm Reception Honoring State Legislators
Hosted by the Public Health Law Association -
27th Floor Crown Room

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
6:30pm 7:30pm Fun Run/Walk

7:30pm 8:30pm Continental Breakfast

9:00pm 10:15pm Plenary Session:
"From Public Health to Population Health: How Law Can Redefine the Playing Field
" - Ballroom A
Moderator:
   Daniel M. Fox, PhD
   President
   Milbank Memorial Fund
Panelists:
   Hon. Mary Kramer
   President of the Iowa Senate, West Des Moines, IA
   John Nilson, QC
   Health Minister, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
   Marion Standish, JD
   Senior Program Officer
   The California Endowment, San Francisco, CA

10:15am 10:30am Break

10:30am 12:00noon Concurrent Sessions D
  • The Challenge of For-Profit Health Care Conversions
  • Should Your State Have a Public Health Law Center?
  • Applying the Regulatory Powers of Public Health
  • Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Assuring a Legally Prepared Workforce
  • Workshop on Public Health Law and Ethics: The Challenge of Public/Private Partnerships

12:00noon 1:30pm Lunch

10:30am 12:00noon Concurrent Sessions E
  • The Role of Law in Diabetes and State-Mandated Benefits
  • The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Reviewing the Post Compliance Impact on Public Health Practice and Research
  • Workshop on Public Health Law and Ethics II: Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Partnerships

3:00pm - 3:15pm Break

3:15pm - 4:30pm Plenary Session:
"Are We Prepared for Tomorrows Health Challenges?
" - Ballroom A
Speaker: Hon. Angela Z. Monson, Oklahoma State
Senate and President, National Conference of State
Legislators

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