Tex. Health & Safety Code § 94A.002 · Chapter 94A. STATE PLAN FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall develop a program to heighten awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
(b) The program developed under Subsection (a) must require the department to:
(1) conduct health education, public awareness, and community outreach activities to promote public awareness and knowledge about the risk factors for, the value of early detection of, available screening services for, and the options available for the treatment of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae; and
(2) post on the department's Internet website the options available for the prevention, treatment, and detection of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and information on the risk factors for, method of transmission of, and value of early detection of the diseases.
(c) The department, using existing resources, may include in the program developed under Subsection (a) a study to estimate the current and future impact on this state of diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (H.B. 970), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.94A.htm
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