However, in the face of vested interests that could influence voters, little is currently being done to implement the legislation.
However, those in the industry say they expect a decision to recognise Impress would be followed by renewed calls to implement the legislation in full.
Residents of Missouri and Ohio have voted not to implement the legislation in their states, although it is legally doubtful they can refuse.
A failure to implement the legislation to introduce what Wollaston describes as "one of the most important public health reforms of the last 20 years" would, she argues, "be an unnecessary and serious setback for public health policy, if the clearly expressed will of parliament were now to be frustrated".
In announcing Ms. Dow's hiring, Ogilvy stressed the government résumés that she and Mr. Daly brought to the job and said the pair had "the experience and expertise to provide tremendous value to our clients as the regulatory agencies implement the legislation".
Secretary Shalala then has until February 2000 to finalize the regulations and implement the legislation nationwide over a 2-year period.
To implement the legislation, the US EPA is developing adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) linking aromatase inhibition with adverse outcomes relevant to regulatory decision-making [7, 8].
Even the amount needed to implement the legislation--starting at $9.5 billion in 2007 and increasing gradually over 7 years--mirrors what the Augustine panel had estimated.
As the first state to implement the legislation in 2014, Colorado is an important example to begin investigating early consequences of specific policy choices while other jurisdictions consider their own legislation although the empirical evidence base is only beginning to accrue.
