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AN ACT
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relating to reports on cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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and human immunodeficiency virus infection. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 81.043, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and |
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(d) to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] health |
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authority shall report reportable diseases to the department's |
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central office at least as frequently as the interval set by board |
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rule. |
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�������(c)��A health authority each week shall report to the |
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department's central office all cases reported to the authority |
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during the previous week of: |
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�������������(1)��acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and |
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�������������(2)��human immunodeficiency virus infection. |
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�������(d)��A health authority must include in a report filed under |
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Subsection (c) all information required by the department for |
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purposes of this section or other law, including: |
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�������������(1)��an infected person's city and county of residence, |
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age, gender, race, ethnicity, and national origin; and |
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�������������(2)��the method by which the disease was transmitted. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Section 81.044, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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�������(d)��For a case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome or |
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human immunodeficiency virus infection, the department shall |
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require the reports to contain: |
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�������������(1)��the information described by Subsection (b); and |
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�������������(2)��the patient's ethnicity, national origin, and city |
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and county of residence. |
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�������SECTION�3.��Section 81.052, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), |
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(b-2), and (b-3) to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��The department shall: |
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�������������(1)��quarterly compile the information submitted under |
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Section 81.043(c) and make the compiled data available to the |
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public within six months of the last day of each quarter; |
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�������������(2)��annually�[routinely] analyze and determine trends |
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in incidence and prevalence of AIDS and HIV infection by region, |
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city, county, age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, |
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transmission category, and other factors as appropriate; and |
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�������������(3)��annually prepare a report on the analysis |
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conducted under Subdivision (2) and make the report available to |
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the public. |
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�������(b-1)��The department may not include any information that |
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would allow the identification of an individual in an analysis |
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conducted under Subsection (b) or in a report prepared under that |
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subsection. |
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�������(b-2)��Not later than January 1, 2009, the department shall |
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prepare and submit to both houses of the legislature a report that: |
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�������������(1)��addresses emerging technologies and advancements |
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in AIDS and HIV infection surveillance and epidemiology, including |
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the use of the technologies and advancements to improve the testing |
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for and reporting of AIDS and HIV infection; and |
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�������������(2)��makes recommendations regarding this state's use |
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of the emerging technologies and advancements to enhance |
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surveillance, treatment, and prevention of AIDS and HIV infection. |
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�������(b-3)��Subsection (b-2) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2009. |
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�������SECTION�4.��(a) �Not later than January 1, 2008, the |
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executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission |
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shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary to comply with |
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Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. |
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�������(b)��Notwithstanding Sections 81.043, 81.044, and 81.052, |
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Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, a health authority |
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and the Department of State Health Services are not required to |
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comply with the changes in law made to these sections before January |
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1, 2008. |
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�������SECTION�5.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 246 was passed by the House on March |
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28, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 246 on May 16, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 246 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 8, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate��� |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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�������� __________________ |
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��������������Governor������� |