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The 2026 State Healthcare Policy Review examines US state efforts to regulate private equity in healthcare, focusing on transparency, approval authority, targeted prohibitions, and the corporate practice of medicine. While several states enacted new disclosure and reporting laws, few expanded the power to block transactions, and many stringent proposals were narrowed or failed. Key developments include Maine's new administrative approval process and Connecticut's ban on hospital sale-leasebacks.

The 2025 State Healthcare Policy Review tracks a national trend of state-level efforts to regulate private equity in healthcare. It categorizes legislative approaches into transparency and reporting, approval and enforcement authority, targeted prohibitions, and Corporate Practice of Medicine (CPOM) enforcement. The report details laws passed in states like Massachusetts, California, Indiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Washington, and Maine, while also tracking pending and failed legislation in other states.

The report examines a range of legislative and regulatory efforts to address private equity's role in the US healthcare system, highlighting a shift toward increased oversight of mergers and acquisitions at the state level. It details successful laws in Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, and New York, while noting failures in states like California and Massachusetts. Federally, it discusses proposed acts to penalize corporate looting and increase transparency, alongside CMS rules on staffing and spending. The document also tracks antitrust and fraud enforcement actions and concludes with policy recommendations to curb financialization through stricter transparency, debt limits, and joint liability.

The document tracks congressional hearings in 2024 across various House and Senate committees, covering topics such as energy security, climate risk, environmental regulations, and budget requests for agencies like the EPA and Department of Energy.

The EESI 2023 Climate, Environmental, and Energy Congressional Hearings Tracker catalogs hearings across numerous House and Senate committees. House activity was led by the Natural Resources (28 hearings) and Energy and Commerce (24 hearings) committees, focusing on energy security, grid reliability, and critical minerals. Senate activity was prominent in the Environment and Public Works (22 hearings) and Budget (10 hearings) committees, with a strong emphasis on the economic costs of climate change, infrastructure resilience, and the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Funded through the 2018 Farm Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, the program supports technologies such as solar, wind, and biomass, and implements a tiered application process based on project cost.

The document outlines the evolution of EU CO2 standards for cars and vans, highlighting a 20% reduction target by 2025 and a 100% reduction by 2035 relative to 2021 emissions. It notes the introduction of mandatory Territorial Just Transition Plans for Member States and a requirement for the Commission to report on a common life-cycle CO2 emissions methodology by 2023. The text also observes that proposed interim targets for 2027 and higher 2030 goals failed to pass, potentially slowing the price decrease of electric vehicles.

The 2021 Climate, Environmental, and Energy Congressional Hearings Tracker catalogs a wide array of legislative inquiries across both the House and Senate. The hearings covered a diverse range of subjects, including the 'Clean Future Act', the 'American Jobs Plan', the impact of PFAS 'forever chemicals', and the resilience of the electric grid following the 2021 Texas grid failure. Significant attention was given to environmental justice, the role of the Department of Energy in innovation, and international climate strategies leading up to COP26. The tracker organizes these hearings by committee, detailing the specific focus of each session, from sustainable aviation and offshore wind to the management of public lands and the risks of climate change in the Arctic.