Bill Text: TX HB2709 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a state plan for Streptococcus pneumoniae education and prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2709 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2709-Comm_Sub.html
83R24303 SCL-F | |||
By: Cortez | H.B. No. 2709 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2709: | |||
By: Kolkhorst | C.S.H.B. No. 2709 |
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relating to the establishment of a state plan for Streptococcus | ||
pneumoniae education and prevention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 94A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 94A. STATE PLAN FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; EDUCATION | ||
AND PREVENTION PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 94A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "department" | ||
means the Department of State Health Services. | ||
Sec. 94A.002. STATE PLAN FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE. (a) | ||
The department, using existing resources and programs to the extent | ||
possible, shall develop a state plan for prevention and treatment | ||
of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. The plan must | ||
include strategies for prevention and treatment of diseases caused | ||
by Streptococcus pneumoniae in specific demographic groups that are | ||
disproportionately affected by the diseases, including elderly | ||
persons, children under two years of age, persons living in | ||
long-term care facilities, persons with a chronic heart or lung | ||
disease, smokers, and persons with asplenia. | ||
(b) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the | ||
input of: | ||
(1) the public, including members of the public who | ||
have had diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; | ||
(2) each state agency that provides services to | ||
persons infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae or the functions of | ||
which otherwise involve diseases caused by Streptococcus | ||
pneumoniae, including any appropriate health and human services | ||
agency described by Section 531.001, Government Code, the Employees | ||
Retirement System of Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of | ||
Texas; | ||
(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to | ||
diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; | ||
(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to | ||
diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; | ||
(5) providers of services to persons with diseases | ||
caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; and | ||
(6) any statewide professional associations of | ||
physicians. | ||
(c) The department shall update the state plan developed | ||
under this section at least once every five years and may update the | ||
state plan biennially. | ||
Sec. 94A.003. STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE EDUCATION AND | ||
PREVENTION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop a program to | ||
heighten awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of | ||
Streptococcus pneumoniae. | ||
(b) The program developed under Subsection (a) must require | ||
the department to: | ||
(1) conduct health education, public awareness, and | ||
community outreach activities to promote public awareness and | ||
knowledge about the risk factors for, the value of early detection | ||
of, available screening services for, and the options available for | ||
the treatment of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; and | ||
(2) post on the department's Internet website the | ||
options available for the prevention, treatment, and detection of | ||
diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and information on the | ||
risk factors for, method of transmission of, and value of early | ||
detection of the diseases. | ||
(c) The department, using existing resources, may include | ||
in the program developed under Subsection (a) a study to estimate | ||
the current and future impact of diseases caused by Streptococcus | ||
pneumoniae on this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |