Bill Text: TX HB2096 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an assessment of certain public health data reporting systems and implementation of public health data reporting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB2096 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2096-Introduced.html
| 87R7349 JG-D | ||
| By: Oliverson | H.B. No. 2096 | |
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| relating to an assessment of certain public health data reporting | ||
| systems and implementation of public health data reporting | ||
| requirements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0445 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.0445. PUBLIC HEALTH DATA STUDY AND REPORTING | ||
| REQUIREMENTS. (a) For purposes of this section, "coronavirus | ||
| disease public health emergency" applies to the period: | ||
| (1) beginning on January 31, 2020, the date the United | ||
| States secretary of health and human services declared a public | ||
| health emergency under Section 319, Public Health Service Act (42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 247d), with respect to the coronavirus disease | ||
| (COVID-19); and | ||
| (2) ending on the earlier of: | ||
| (A) the date the public health emergency | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) ends; or | ||
| (B) January 1, 2023. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) conduct a study on: | ||
| (A) the system used by this state for reporting | ||
| public health data to the federal government during the coronavirus | ||
| disease public health emergency; and | ||
| (B) the system used by persons required to report | ||
| under this chapter, including local health authorities, for | ||
| reporting public health data to this state during the coronavirus | ||
| public health emergency; and | ||
| (2) conduct a comparative analysis of the systems | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) and generally recognized and accepted | ||
| methods for public health data reporting. | ||
| (c) Based on the results of the study and analysis conducted | ||
| under Subsection (b), the department, using evidence-based, | ||
| standardized data reporting methods, shall: | ||
| (1) develop a uniform set of public health data | ||
| reporting requirements for this state, local health authorities, | ||
| and any other persons required to report under this chapter, to use | ||
| during a public health disaster declared under this chapter or a | ||
| state of disaster declared under Chapter 418, Government Code; and | ||
| (2) periodically update the reporting requirements as | ||
| necessary to address advancements in technology and | ||
| communications. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall conduct | ||
| the study and analysis required by Section 81.0445, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as added by this Act, and develop the public health | ||
| data reporting requirements under that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
