Health & Human Services

With this new legislation, California becomes the second U.S. state to officially recognize the importance of mental privacy in state law, doing so by amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

Jobs and Hope West Virginia, a state program created to respond to the substance use disorder crisis, uses technology to support residents in their paths to recovery, sustainable employment and re-entering society.

A St. Charles Parish petroleum and chemical tank farm operator and a Baton Rouge environmental group plan to install four new air monitors to measure emissions in a certain area.

Two U.S. senators and a member of the House of Representatives have reached out to large landlords regarding their use of the software. Questions include whether it is in use; one company has denied using it.

Sims Metal has more than 200 facilities throughout the U.S. and operates in over 15 countries, and its Chesapeake facility now features some of the latest and greatest technology in recycling.

Carbon capture, no small matter in North Dakota, is also one of considerable discussion. A new state website that debuted last month is part of a $300,000 marketing and education program on carbon dioxide capture and storage.

The agency has reopened phone lines on Mondays and said it has made headway on matters that have held up jobless claims and paid leave benefits. The department went live earlier this year with a new $106 million computer system.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has announced a tentative agreement to pay $65 million to those affected by a data breach last year, following a lawsuit that originally focused on photos of cancer patients.

Moss Street Elementary in Reidsville was the first school in Rockingham County to implement Cone Health’s new School-Based Telehealth program when classes began Monday.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University have recently been awarded a federal grant to support research of a device to measure lung health using a smartphone.

The project, which is called UnDisruptable27, wants society to prepare for near-future geopolitical conflicts in which cyber attacks are aimed at Americans’ access to water, medical care, power and food.

Covered California delivers health insurance to state residents via the exchange it created in 2012. In 2020, the agency’s consumer-facing platform, CalHEERS, struggled to keep up with a historic spike in enrollments during COVID-19. This forced agency CIO Kevin Cornish to act quickly and decisively. In this Q&A, Cornish explains how the cloud has made his agency’s IT system more responsive and resilient.

Ransomware attacks against the health-care sector put lives at risk — and they’re getting worse. But federal authorities are providing free cybersecurity resources to foster systemwide change.

The local government will soon offer automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by air. The program was paid for with a $4 million grant from the American Heart Association and is in addition to existing AEDs in public places.

The state’s new Disability Information Hub offers information about state programs, resources and assistance for people with disabilities. Their input helped guide its development and design.