Tex. Health & Safety Code § 96.005 · Chapter 96. RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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
(3) the use of existing data collected by health facilities.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to govern the operation of the program and carry out the intent of this chapter, including rules that specify a system for selecting the demographic areas in which the department collects information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 152 (H.B. 1677), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.96.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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