Bill Text: TX HB2709 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Cortez | H.B. No. 2709 |
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relating to the establishment of a state plan for bacterial | ||
pneumonia 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 BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; 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 BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA. (a) The | ||
department shall develop a state plan for prevention and treatment | ||
of bacterial pneumonia. The plan must include strategies for | ||
prevention and treatment of bacterial pneumonia in specific | ||
demographic groups that are disproportionately affected by | ||
bacterial pneumonia, including persons with a chronic lung disease, | ||
smokers, persons with a brain disorder, persons with an immune | ||
system disorder, persons with a serious illness, persons who | ||
recently underwent a surgery or trauma, and persons who have had | ||
surgery to treat cancer of the mouth, throat, or neck. | ||
(b) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the | ||
input of: | ||
(1) the public, including members of the public that | ||
have had bacterial pneumonia; | ||
(2) each state agency that provides services to | ||
persons with bacterial pneumonia or the functions of which | ||
otherwise involve bacterial pneumonia, including any appropriate | ||
health and human services agency described by Section 531.001, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to | ||
bacterial pneumonia; | ||
(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to | ||
bacterial pneumonia; and | ||
(5) providers of services to persons with bacterial | ||
pneumonia. | ||
(c) The department shall biennially update the state plan | ||
developed under this section. | ||
Sec. 94A.003. BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA EDUCATION AND PREVENTION | ||
PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop a program to heighten | ||
awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of bacterial | ||
pneumonia. The department shall: | ||
(1) conduct a study to estimate the current and future | ||
impact of bacterial pneumonia on this state; | ||
(2) conduct health education, public awareness, and | ||
community outreach activities to promote public awareness and | ||
knowledge about the risk factors, the value of early detection, | ||
available screening services, and the options available for the | ||
treatment of bacterial pneumonia; | ||
(3) provide training to public health clinic staff | ||
regarding the treatment, detection, and methods of transmission of | ||
bacterial pneumonia; | ||
(4) identify to health care providers and employers | ||
the benefits of disease awareness and prevention; and | ||
(5) develop a prevention program to reduce the risk of | ||
transmission of bacterial pneumonia. | ||
(b) In developing the prevention program required by | ||
Subsection (a)(5), the department may forecast the economic and | ||
clinical impacts of bacterial pneumonia and the impact of bacterial | ||
pneumonia on quality of life. The department may develop the | ||
forecasts in conjunction with an academic medical center or a | ||
nonprofit institution with experience using disease management | ||
prospective modeling and simulation techniques. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |