Town Hall: COVID-19 |Public Health Authority
This virtual Town Hall discussion will provide an opportunity for attendees to share, ask questions, and hear other examples about the most recent report from NACCHO and the Network for Public Health Law on public health authority, discuss ways boards of health can use the report and ways to leverage elected officials capacity to defend public health authority.  

Tuesday, July 13, 2021
4pm EST | 3pm CST | 2pm MST | 1pm PST

The recording of the session is available here: https://vimeo.com/575050894/d49e80a5ce.

Link for the Report: https://www.networkforphl.org/resources/proposed-limits-on-public-health-authority-dangerous-for-public-health/

Strengthening Public Health Authority to Contain and Prevent Communicable Disease: 
https://www.networkforphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-Strengthening-Public-Health-Authority-to-Contain-and-Prevent-Communicable-Disease.pdf

50 state survey – public health official protections: https://www.networkforphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/50-State-Survey-Legal-Protections-for-Public-Health-Officials.pdf 
Fact sheets – public health official protections – 33 states: https://www.networkforphl.org/resources/legal-protections-for-public-health-officials-during-covid-19/