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Wednesday, March
18, 2009
From the Public Health Law Program, Office of the Chief of Public
Health Practice, CDC
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/
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Announcements
*** Surge Capacity
Disaster Planning Tool. The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality has released a web-based interactive tool to help hospitals
and emergency planners identify resource requirements to treat an
influx of patients due to major disasters such as an influenza pandemic
or a terrorist attack. For more information, visit
http://hospitalsurgemodel.ahrq.gov.
*** NJ Hospital
Emergency Planning Tool. The New Jersey Hospital Association
recently published "Planning Today for a Pandemic Tomorrow," a 10-unit
assessment and planning tool for hospitals to use in planning for
emergencies. For more information, visit
http://www.njha.com/paninf/index.aspx.
*** GAO Reports.
The Government Accountability Office has released three new reports
on emergency preparedness: Past Experiences Offer Recovery Lessons
for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Future Disasters, available
at
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09437t.pdf; Sustaining Focus
on the Nation's Planning and Preparedness Efforts, available
at
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09334.pdf; and Actions to Implement
Select Provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform
Act, available at
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09433t.pdf.
*** AJPM Diet,
Physical Activity, Weight Supplement. The American Journal of
Preventive Medicine April 2009 Supplement presents articles on the
theme, "Measurement of the Food and Physical Activity Environments
Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity,
and Weight." The table of contents for the April Supplement is available
at
http://www.ajpm-online.net/issues/contents?issue_key=S0749-3797(09)X0003-6.
*** Milbank
Quarterly Report Obesity Issue. The March 2009 issue of the
Milbank Quarterly is dedicated to the issue of obesity prevention
and control. The table of contents for the March issue is available
at
http://www.milbank.org/8701.html.
*** IOM HIPAA
Privacy Rule Report. The Institute of Medicine Committee on
Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information has released
its final report, Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy,
Improving Health Through Research on February 4, 2009. The report
examines the impact of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on protecting health
information, and offers major recommendations for legal and policy
reforms. The full report is available at
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/43729/61796.aspx.
*** BC Sewer
System Report. The Sewerage System Regulation Improvement
Coalition called on the British Columbia government to immediately
reform the Sewerage System Regulation -- a 2005 law that radically
deregulated the province's 300,000 onsite septic systems. The Coalition
warns that a public health disaster may be imminent, and has submitted
a report to the government, which is available at
http://www.elc.uvic.ca/press/documents/SSR-Reform-Submission-Mar4.09-FINAL.pdf.
*** Health Reform
Legal Solutions. The O'Neill Institute for National and Global
Health Law at Georgetown University has launched the "Legal Solutions
in Health Reform" project to provide analysis of legal issues relating
to health reform, and to outline solutions to legal problems in
the health reform debate. Reports are available at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute//projects/reform/.
*** Flavored
Tobacco Products Law Synopsis. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
has released Pick Your Poison: Responses to the Marketing and
Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products. The synopsis describes various
types of flavored tobacco products and evidence that the marketing
of these products, and the products themselves, target youth; and
reviews legal approaches to regulating such products. The synopsis
is available online at
http://www.tobaccolawcenter.org/documents/flavored-tobacco.pdf.
*** Prescription Drug Report. The February issue of the Council
of State Governments' State News magazine features "Accidental
Overdoses from Legal Drugs," by Ann Kelly. The article documents
state efforts to find legislative solutions. To download the article,
visit
http://www.healthystates.csg.org/NR/rdonlyres/3F157E26-8562-4F09-BD45-DFC39D17A918/0/AccidentalOverdoseSNFEB092.pdf.
*** Ireland
Folic Acid Report. The Implementation Group on Folic Acid Fortification
has released its final report to Ireland's Department of Health
and Children, including the recommendation that there are no potential
benefits to public health to introduce mandatory folic acid fortification.
The group's report is available at
http://www.fsai.ie/publications/reports/folic_acid_implementation.pdf.
*** Massachusetts
Drowsy Driving Report. The Legislature-convened Special Commission
on Drowsy Driving has released Asleep at the Wheel: Report of
the Special Commission on Drowsy Driving. The report reviews
data on drowsy driving and endorses several pieces of legislation.
To access the report, visit
http://sleep.med.harvard.edu/file_download/58.
*** Research
and Policy Making Guide. The Council of State Governments partnered
with CDC to develop Using Research in Public Health Policymaking,
designed to help state legislators and other policymakers use the
available science when making public health policy decisions. To
access the guide, visit
http://www.healthystates.csg.org/NR/rdonlyres/C4D2E907-441D-443A-B463-75EDC5F0F58C/0/StatePolicyGuideCP.pdf.
*** Harvard
Research Associate Position. The Harvard School of Public Health
has announced a fellowship opportunity in the Program in Law and
Public Health. The successful candidate will work closely with Law
and Public Health faculty on research projects involving the relationship
between law and health. Candidates must hold a law degree from a
U.S. law school or receive one by June 2009. Please send a letter
of application, including a statement of research interests, a curriculum
vitae, a sample publication or working paper, and the names of three
referees, to Michelle Mello at
mmello@hsph.harvard.edu. More information is available at
http://www.jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/summ_req?in_post_id=36801.
*** ABA Children
and Law Conferences (5/13-5/14 and 5/15-5/16). The American
Bar Association presents two conferences: "The First National Parents'
Attorneys Conference," on May 13 and 14, 2009 and "The 2009 National
Conference on Children and the Law," on May 15-16, 2009. Both conferences
will be held in Washington D.C. More information about both conferences
is available at
http://www.abanet.org/child/.
*** Healthy
Foods, Healthy Bodies and Healthy Budgets Webcast (3/25). The
National Conference of State Legislatures will host a free, limited-space
webcast on policy options for healthy foods and physical activity
on March 25, 2009 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET. For more information,
visit
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcast2009.htm.
Top Story
1. Canada:
SARS victims get day in court
States and Localities
2. California:
State reports hospital errors that shouldn't happen
3. Texas:
State sued over babies' blood
4. Virginia:
For next disaster, more help for victims
National
5. New rule
enacted by Bush Administration impedes cases against nursing homes
International
6. United
Kingdom: Scotland to ban cheap booze
Briefly Noted
Arkansas
Sunday liquor sales · Connecticut chimpanzee attack lawsuit · Georgia
peanut inspection system · Iowa shaken baby law · Maryland low-income
patients lawsuit · Ohio sewer rules · Oklahoma poultry waste evidence
· Pennsylvania newborn blood screening · Virginia smoking ban ·
Wisconsin exotic pets · Washington D.C. lead-tainted tap water lawsuit
· Gulf Coast formaldehyde trailer lawsuits · National sick cows
· Banned books · Toxics reporting · Hotel defibrillators · Bahrain
seat belt law · China food safety law · England smoking ban suspension
· Jordan smoking ban · Obituary Alan Landers
Journal Articles
Texas smoke-free
ordinances · Tobacco taxes · Tobacco industry strategy · Truck-crash
fatalities · HPV vaccination · Motorcycle helmet laws · Turning
Point Act · Indian Country public health legal preparedness · Fat
taxes · Trends in blood lead levels
Court Opinions
California
methylmercury · Federal psychiatric facility smoking ban · Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act · School drug testing policy · Menu
labeling · Toxic exposures · Hurricane Katrina clean-up ·
Quotation of
the Month
Deborah
Duke, collection management administrator for the Fort Worth, Texas,
Public Library
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SARS victims get day in court
Toronto Star
(02/25/09) Tracey Tyler
Last month, victims
of the 2003 Ontario, Canada, SARS outbreak faced the government
in court, where they argued that the province put tourism and the
economy ahead of the public's health. Lawsuits have been filed by
dozens of infected patients, their families, and healthcare workers,
but the government is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to dismiss
five of the suits, including one filed on behalf of a group of healthcare
workers, for lack of standing. The province argues that members
of the public have no right to sue the government for failing to
stop the spread of a communicable disease. Plaintiffs allege that
provincial officials prematurely declared the emergency over and
relaxed infection control procedures. The province also failed to
ensure proper respiratory protection and other safety measures in
hospitals, say lawyers for a group of nurses. Claims accusing the
government of failing to act are expected to turn on a 2006 West
Nile Virus case, in which the government successfully argued that
the virus posed a risk to all members of the public and the risk
was not created by the government. Attorneys for the SARS plaintiffs
say there are important differences between the two cases.
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State reports hospital errors that shouldn't happen
Ventura County
Star (03/08/09)
Tom Kisken
A California law
requiring hospitals to collect data on 28 different types of preventable
errors has triggered reports from hospitals around the state. State
health officials say there were 1,031 preventable adverse events
at California hospitals in the year ending June 2008. Those events
include surgeries performed on the wrong patient or the wrong body
part; medication errors; objects left inside surgical patients;
and pressure ulcers. Officials caution that the reported numbers
may be low, and that they are likely to increase as hospitals become
better at reporting. Another theory for the low numbers is that
medical teams often do not realize a mistake has been made. "The
vast majority go unnoticed and unreported," said Brent James, executive
director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research in Salt
Lake City. "We used to think that people didn't report it because
of fear. Now we understand the reason people don't report is they
don't have a clue. They don't make the connection." Facilities are
required by law to take corrective action after being cited for
errors, said Kathleen Billingsley, deputy director in the California
Department of Public Health's Center for Health Care Quality. Some
critics say hospitals should not be allowed to design their own
plans for eliminating preventable errors, and would prefer that
the state mandate safeguards for hospitals.
[Editor's note:
To learn more about California Health and Safety Code § 1279.1,
visit
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/facilities/Documents/LNC-AFL-09-05.pdf.]
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State sued over babies' blood
Austin American-Statesman
(03/13/09) Mary Ann Roser
Four parents and
a pregnant woman have filed suit against the Texas Department of
State Health Services for the Department's practice of storing infants'
blood. Per a 1965 Texas law, blood is taken from newborns for the
purpose of screening for birth defects and other disorders, and
the procedure does not require parental consent. Since 2002, the
Department has stored the blood samples for use in research and
other purposes, amassing 4.2 million samples. Plaintiffs, represented
by the Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin, filed suit in U.S.
District Court in San Antonio. They claim the state is violating
state privacy laws and constitutional protections against unlawful
search and seizure, and demand that the state cease the storage
of blood samples without parental consent, as well as the destruction
of currently-held samples. "The screening (for disorders) is fine,"
said James Harrington, director of the Civil Rights Project. "It's
what they're doing afterwards." The Department argues that the samples
could prove valuable for disease research, and that the identity
of the infants is not tied to the samples. The Department has offered
to consider destroying the blood samples if parents make request
it in writing, but Harrington says the plaintiffs find that response
inadequate.
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For next disaster, more help for victims
Washington Post
(03/12/09) Tom Jackman
A panel created
to investigate the response to shootings on the Virginia Tech campus
in 2007 has prompted the passage of legislation mandating certain
provisions be included in campus response plans. The legislation
requires Virginia's institutes of higher education, health departments,
and emergency management agencies to include victim assistance groups
in response plans, and to notify such groups as soon as an emergency
begins to unfold. The report, compiled by the Virginia Tech Review
Panel, found that "certain state assistance resources were not [summoned]
quickly enough and arrived late." Further, "the lack of an adequate
university emergency response plan to cover the operation of an
onsite, post-emergency operations center ... and a family assistance
center hampered response efforts." The Panel found that the delay
ensued because of confusion over authority among university and
state officials. The legislation also requires emergency operations
managers to maintain current contact information with the state
Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Criminal
Injuries Compensation Fund.
[Editor's note:
To read the report of the Virginia Tech Review Panel, visit
http://www.vtreviewpanel.org/report/index.html.
To read the text of the bill, SB 1150, "Emergency response plans;
ensuring victims' rights," visit
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=091&typ=bil&val=sb1150.]
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New rule enacted by Bush Administration impedes cases against nursing
homes
Washington Post
(02/24/09) Cindy Skrzycki
A regulation issued
in September prohibits state health inspectors and contractors from
participating in private lawsuits against long-term nursing care
facilities. Advocates for nursing-home residents say the new rule
restricts access to reports of inspections conducted by government
investigators. "This change hurts nursing-home residents and their
families by allowing bad practices to be kept in secret by nursing
homes and inspectors," said Eric M. Carlson, an attorney with the
National Senior Citizens Law Center in Los Angeles. "Government
inspectors have the right to go into nursing homes and investigate,
and they learn things that residents and families otherwise could
never find out." A document supporting the rule indicated that its
purpose was to accommodate the hiring of new contractors and prevent
employees from being "divert[ed] ... from their federal survey,
certification and enforcement responsibilities," by requests to
participate in private lawsuits. The effect of the rule is that
once-routine requests for information are now stalled between federal
and state authorities. Nursing homes are also having difficulty
gaining information about how inspectors determine penalties, citations,
and orders, said Priscilla Shoemaker, legal counsel for the American
Health Care Association in Washington.
[Editor's note:
To read the text of the regulation, "Testimony by employees and
the production of documents in proceedings where the United States
is not a party," 45 C.F.R. § 2.1 et seq., visit
http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-09-15-E8-21113.]
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Scotland to ban cheap booze
Daily Mail
(03/03/09) Daniel Martin
The Scottish devolved
government is to be the first in Europe to set a minimum price for
alcohol in an effort to curb a rise in alcohol-related health problems.
"Plummeting prices and aggressive promotion have led to a surge
in consumption, causing and adding to health problems ranging from
liver and heart diseases to diabetes, obesity, dementia and cancers,"
said Scottish health minister Nicola Sturgeon. The move will prohibit
retailers and pubs from selling drinks below a certain price and
will also outlaw special promotions. Last year, a health department
report found that setting prices would cut consumption by 2.6 percent
and reduce the number of alcohol-related hospital admissions by
40,000 per year in England. Opponents of the plan include David
Poley, chief executive of the Portman Group, which represents UK
alcohol-makers. "These plans will punish all drinkers while only
scratching at the surface of our drinking culture. People who drink
to get drunk would not be influenced by these measures," he said.
Physicians and police welcome the move.
[Editor's note:
To read the findings from an analysis of written responses to the
Scottish Government consultation, "Changing Scotland's relationship
with alcohol: a discussion paper on our strategic approach," visit
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/24154414/0.]
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Arkansas: Liquor
retailers haven't made up mind about new rules
New law allows voters to decide on Sunday liquor sales
Northwest Arkansas
Times (03/06/09)
Dustin Tracy
Connecticut: Suit
alleges chimpanzee owner negligent, reckless for wild animal
Family of Conn. chimp attack victim seeks $50M
Associated Press
(03/17/09) Dave Collins
Georgia: Investigative
report inspects Agriculture Department inspectors
Peanut inspection system filled with holes
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(03/08/09) Alan Judd
Iowa: Law requires
Department of Public Health to establish program; offers no funds
Iowa gov signs shaken baby measure
Chicago Tribune
(03/06/09) Mike Glover
Maryland: Group
claims state moves low-income patients to nursing homes to save
money
Legal Aid sues Md. over care of patients
Baltimore Sun
(03/06/09) Kelly Brewington
Ohio: State law
leaves village residents no choice but connect to sewer line
Some think sewer line's a raw deal
Columbus Dispatch
(03/01/09) Mary Beth Lane
Oklahoma: Key evidence
in poultry waste suit rejected for publication twice
Journal rejects science used in state's poultry lawsuit
Associated Press
(03/09/09) Justin Juozapavicius
Pennsylvania: 22
additional disorders added to state blood testing requirements
Babies' blood tests to expand
Morning Call
(03/02/09) Veronica Torrejón
Virginia: Home
of RJ Reynolds bans smoking in restaurants beginning December 1
Kaine signs restaurant smoking ban legislation
Roanoke Times
(03/10/09) Michael Sluss
Wisconsin: Health
board votes to uphold law regulating exotic pets
South Milwaukee Board of Health says no to pet goat
Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (03/05/09)
Jesse Garza
Washington D.C.:
Dad claims lead-tainted tap water poisoned sons
Father sues D.C. water authority for $200 million
Associated Press
(02/18/09) Gillian Gaynair
Gulf Coast: Plaintiffs
say manufacturers, government failed to warn of danger
Four jury trials set in trailer lawsuits
Times-Picayune
(02/18/09) Gwen Filosa
National: Sick
cows permanently banned from slaughter
Government bans 'downer' cows from food supply
Associated Press
(03/14/09)
National: One-year
enforcement delay for books with lead-based inks
Librarians fight to get all children's books exempted from new lead
rules
Star-Telegram
(03/05/09) Anna Tinsley
National: 1986
law restored; companies must report release of toxics
Reporting rules for chemical releases toughened
Washington Post
(03/12/09) Juliet Eilperin
National: Hotels
worry that 'no good deed would go unpunished' if AEDs installed
Why hotels resist having defibrillators (subscription required)
Wall Street Journal
(02/24/09) Scott McCartney
Bahrain: 80% of
drivers ignore law, top traffic official says
Drivers defying seat belt rules
Gulf Daily News
(03/12/09) Soman Baby
China: New law
strengthens penalties against makers of tainted food
Some skeptical of China's new food safety law
USA Today
(03/01/09) Calum MacLeod
England: Government
criticized over plans to lift smoking ban for London summit
Labor 'double standards' as smoking ban is lifted for G20 world
leaders
Daily Mail
(03/12/09) Ryan Kisiel and Claire Ellicott
Jordan: Smokers
defiant despite attempts to enforce public smoking ban
Malls struggle to impose smoking ban
Jordan Times
(03/02/09) Khetam Malkawi
OBITUARY
Florida: Former
model's suit against RJ Reynolds scheduled for April trial date
Lauderhill resident Alan Landers, the 'Winston Man' dies at 68,
battling cancer
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
(03/03/09) Liz Doup
___________________JOURNAL ARTICLES____________________
Smoke-free ordinances in Texas worksites, restaurants, and bars,
2000-2007
American Journal
of Preventive Medicine (02/09)
Phyllis M. Gingiss and others
Taxation reduces social disparities in adult smoking prevalence
(subscription required)
American Journal
of Preventive Medicine (02/09)
Mohammad Siahpush and others
Competing initiatives: a new tobacco industry strategy to oppose
statewide clean indoor air ballot measures (subscription required)
American Journal
of Public Health (03/09)
Gregory Tung, Yogi Hendlin, and Stanton Glantz
The effect of state regulations on truck-crash fatalities (subscription
required)
American Journal
of Public Health (03/09)
Grant Neeley and Lilliard Richardson Jr.
The moral justification for a compulsory human papillomavirus vaccination
program (subscription required)
American Journal
of Public Health (04/09)
Joseph Balog
Motorcycle helmet laws in the United States from 1990 to 2005: politics
and public health (subscription required)
American Journal
of Public Health (03/09)
Jenny Homer and Michael French
Transitions in state public health law: comparative analysis of
state public health law reform following the Turning Point Model
State Public Health Act
American J. Public
Health (03/09) Benjamin
Mason Meier, James Hodge, Kristine Gebbie
Public health legal preparedness in Indian Country (subscription
required)
American Journal
of Public Health (04/09)
Ralph Bryan and others
"Fat taxes" and the financial crisis (subscription required)
The Lancet
(03/07/09) Karen McColl
Trends in blood lead levels and blood lead testing among US children
aged 1 to 5 years, 1988-2004 (subscription required)
Pediatrics
(03/09) Robert Jones and others
___________________COURT OPINIONS____________________
California: Companies
exempt from warning mandate because methylmercury occurs naturally
The People ex rel. Edmund Brown Jr. v. Tri-Union Seafoods
Court of Appeal
of California, First Appellate District, Division Four
A116792
Filed March 11,
2009
Opinion by Associate
Justice Timothy A. Reardon
Federal: Complete
ban against smoking in psychiatric facility violates no Constitutional
right
Giordano v. Connecticut Valley Hospital
U.S. District Court
for the District of Connecticut
No. 3:07cv1444
(MRK)
Decided December
3, 2008
Memorandum Opinion
by Judge Mark Kravitz
Federal: CPSC found
in violation of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
Natural Resources Defense Council* v. U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New York
08 Civ. 10507 (PGG)
Memorandum Opinion
and Order by Judge Paul Gardephe
* caption in official
style of the case incorrectly identifies plaintiff as National Resources
Defense Council
Federal: Privacy
interests of school employees not outweighed by drug testing policy
American Federation of Teachers v. Kanawha Co. Board of Education
U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division
Civil Action No.
2:08-cv-01406
Decided January
8, 2009
Memorandum Opinion
by Joseph R. Goodwin
Federal: Menu labeling
law not preempted by federal law, no First Amendment infringement
New York State Restaurant Association v. New York City Board of
Health
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit
Docket No. 08-1892-cv
Decided February
17, 2009
Opinion by Judge
Rosemary Pooler
Federal: Petition
for review of toxic exposure notification granted; case remanded
to OSHA
Public
Citizen Health Research Group v. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
Nos. 06-1818 and
06-2604
Filed February
23, 2009
Opinion by Marjorie
Rendell
Federal: FEMA discretion
not to fund Katrina clean-up under Stafford Act upheld
St. Tammany Parish v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit
No. 08-30070
Filed January 22,
2009
Opinion by Judge
Carolyn King
__________PHL NEWS QUOTATION OF THE MONTH___________
"We've had children's
books for 100 years. Other than the occasional expanded mind, we
haven't heard of them harming any children."
-- Deborah Duke,
collection management administrator for the Fort Worth, Texas, Public
Library, on new federal rules designed to protect children from
lead-based paints and toys. The use of lead pigments in ink and
dye used to publish books was banned in 1985, but many such books
remain on library shelves. Last month, the government agreed to
delay enforcement of the new law against libraries. [See Briefly
Noted item, above.]
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