• Preventive medicine · Nov 2023

    US state laws relevant to incentives for health behavior: A qualitative analysis.

    • Barbara Andraka-Christou, Michelle Williams, Scott Buksbaum, Josie Karkkainen, Bradley D Stein, Sydney R Batchelder, Kelly Peck, Sarah H Heil, Richard Rawson, and Stacey C Sigmon.
    • University of Central Florida, 525 W Livingston Ave, Suite 401, Orlando, FL 32801, USA. Electronic address: Barbara.andraka@ucf.edu.
    • Prev Med. 2023 Nov 1; 176: 107645107645.

    AbstractContingency management (CM) involves provision of incentives for positive health behaviors via a well-defined protocol and is among the most effective treatments for patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). An understanding of laws affecting incentives for health behaviors and outcomes, including contexts in which incentives are already permitted, could inform efforts to disseminate CM. We conducted a systematic NexisUni legal database review of state statutes and regulations effective during 2022 to identify (a) laws that explicitly permit or prohibit delivery of incentives to patients, employees, or insurance beneficiaries for SUD-specific behaviors or outcomes, and (b) laws that explicitly permit delivery of incentives for any health behaviors or outcomes. We identified 27 laws across 17 jurisdictions that explicitly permit delivery of incentives for SUD-related behaviors or outcomes, with most occurring in the context of wellness programs. No state laws were identified that explicitly prohibit SUD-specific incentives. More broadly, we identified 57 laws across 29 jurisdictions permitting incentives for any health outcomes (both SUD- and non-SUD-related). These laws occurred in the contexts of wellness programs, K-12/early childhood education, government public health promotion, and SUD treatment provider licensing. Considering the urgent need to expand evidence-based SUD treatment in rural and underserved areas throughout the US, these findings could inform efforts to develop laws explicitly permitting provision of incentives in SUD care and enhance efforts to disseminate CM more broadly.Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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