Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Cortez, Guerra, et al. H.B. No. 970
2		-	(Senate Sponsor - Uresti)
3		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
4		-	May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
5		-	Human Services; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following
6		-	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 970
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the establishment of a state plan for Streptococcus
13	6		pneumoniae education and prevention.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
16	9		amended by adding Chapter 94A to read as follows:
17	10		CHAPTER 94A. STATE PLAN FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; EDUCATION
18	11		AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
19	12		Sec. 94A.001. STATE PLAN FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE. (a)
20	13		The department, using existing resources and programs to the extent
21	14		possible, shall develop a state plan for prevention and treatment
22	15		of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. The plan must
23	16		include strategies for prevention and treatment of diseases caused
24	17		by Streptococcus pneumoniae in specific demographic groups that are
25	18		disproportionately affected by the diseases, including persons who
26	19		are elderly, children under two years of age, persons living in
27	20		long-term care facilities, persons with a chronic heart or lung
28	21		disease, smokers, and persons with asplenia.
29	22		(b) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the
30	23		advice of:
31	24		(1) the public, including members of the public who
32	25		have been infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae;
33	26		(2) each state agency that provides services to
34	27		persons infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae or that is assigned
35	28		duties related to diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae,
36	29		including any appropriate health and human services agency
37	30		described by Section 531.001, Government Code, the Employees
38	31		Retirement System of Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of
39	32		Texas;
40	33		(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to
41	34		diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae;
42	35		(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to
43	36		diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae;
44	37		(5) providers of services to persons with diseases
45	38		caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae;
46	39		(6) a statewide professional association of
47	40		physicians; and
48	41		(7) a statewide professional association of nurses.
49	42		(c) The department shall review and modify as necessary the
50	43		state plan developed under this section at least once every five
51	44		years and may update the state plan biennially.
52	45		Sec. 94A.002. STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE EDUCATION AND
53	46		PREVENTION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop a program to
54	47		heighten awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of
55	48		Streptococcus pneumoniae.
56	49		(b) The program developed under Subsection (a) must require
57	50		the department to:
58	51		(1) conduct health education, public awareness, and
59	52		community outreach activities to promote public awareness and
60	53		knowledge about the risk factors for, the value of early detection
61	54		of, available screening services for, and the options available for
62	55		the treatment of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; and
63	56		(2) post on the department's Internet website the
64	57		options available for the prevention, treatment, and detection of
65	58		diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and information on the
66	59		risk factors for, method of transmission of, and value of early
67	60		detection of the diseases.
68	61		(c) The department, using existing resources, may include
69	62		in the program developed under Subsection (a) a study to estimate
70	63		the current and future impact on this state of diseases caused by
71	64		Streptococcus pneumoniae.
72	65		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	66	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	67	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	68	+	I certify that H.B. No. 970 was passed by the House on April
	69	+	13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 19, 2 present, not
	70	+	voting.
	71	+	______________________________
	72	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	73	+	I certify that H.B. No. 970 was passed by the Senate on May
	74	+	19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.
	75	+	______________________________
	76	+	Secretary of the Senate
	77	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	78	+	Date
	79	+	_____________________
	80	+	Governor