Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 96.005 — SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

HS § 96.005Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 96. RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

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

(1)identify by sentinel surveillance RSV infection in children; and

(2)maintain a central database of laboratory-confirmed cases of RSV that can be used to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of RSV.

(b)In establishing the sentinel surveillance program for RSV, the executive commissioner shall consider:

(1)the number and geographic distribution of children in the state;

(2)the location of health facilities that collect RSV information locally; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 152 (H.B. 1677), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.