Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 100.005 — SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

HS § 100.005Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 100. EMERGING AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

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(a)The executive commissioner shall establish in the department a program to:

(1)identify by sentinel surveillance individuals infected with emerging or neglected tropical diseases;

(2)maintain a central database of laboratory-confirmed cases of emerging and neglected tropical diseases; and

(3)use the information in the database to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of emerging and neglected tropical diseases.

(b)In establishing the sentinel surveillance program for emerging and neglected tropical diseases, the executive commissioner shall consider:

(1)the location of health facilities that collect locally emerging and neglected tropical disease information; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (H.B. 2055), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.