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House Bill 2055 |
House Author: Davis, Sarah |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Schwertner |
House Bill 2055 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide for the establishment of a program in the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to identify by sentinel surveillance individuals infected with emerging or neglected tropical diseases, maintain a database of confirmed cases of such diseases, and investigate the diseases. The bill establishes related duties of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and DSHS and provides for program data collection, confidentiality of health information under the program, and limited liability for divulging information required to be released under the program.