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Research

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Health Policy Snapshot: COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Access

This policy snapshot covers a variety of options for legislators to use in supporting vaccination efforts or bolstering access to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Automatic Clearing of Records

State lawmakers are increasingly interested in statutory provisions that automatically clear a person’s criminal record.

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Building a Strong Early Learning Workforce

Through this project, NCSL will grow legislators' understanding of challenges in the early education workforce and policy options to support early learning teachers. Five state teams will be developed.

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Curbing Rising Rates of Infectious Diseases

Many states are seeing positive developments with certain infectious disease rates. Unfortunately, at the same time, many states have seen significant increases in the rate of new cases of other infectious diseases.

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FY 2022 State Budget Status

NCSL tracks states' enactment of their FY 2022 budgets. As of July 22, 48 states have enacted a budget for FY 2022. Virginia and Wyoming enacted a biennial budget during the 2020 legislative session. The states still finishing their budgets all have mechanisms to continue spending until a new budget is approved.

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State Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts

State level consumer protections vary greatly and cover a wide range of topics, but 32 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia have fair debt collection practices acts which expressly prohibit certain acts by debt collection or regulate communications between debt collectors and debtors and/or third parties.

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Overview

NCSL conducts policy research in a variety of areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues and education to health care and immigration and transportation. NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures. We answer more than 20,000 requests for information a year. Call us anytime or check out our issues list to see what we have online.

Our consulting services on policy issues go beyond testifying. We help draft bills, organize workshops, and convene legislative-executive teams. NCSL staff are prepared to come to your state to work with legislators and staff on almost any public policy issue, or issue related to the management of a legislature. Contact your state’s liaison to schedule a briefing or to learn more about this service.

We also offer access to 50-state information and other legislative resources, such as weekly session schedules. You can find legislation in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Congress through NCSL’s new 50-State Bill Information Service, a searchable database containing the full text of legislation for the current session. You also can Join listservs and discussion groups, search tens of thousands of documents, receive personalized information on your issues, access NCSL books and newsletters, look-up your colleagues in the 50 states and take advantage of e-learning opportunities.