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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The department annually shall: |
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(1) compile the information submitted under Section |
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81.043(c) and [routinely] analyze and determine trends in incidence |
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and prevalence of AIDS and HIV infection by region, city, county, |
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age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, transmission |
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category, and other factors as appropriate; and |
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(2) prepare a report on the analysis conducted under |
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Subdivision (1) and make the report available to 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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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. |