Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Combat Valley Fever Act”.
Combat Valley Fever Act
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a national registry to track cases of coccidioidomycosis, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Tracking cases of coccidioidomycosis
Registry—
In general— The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a registry for reports of cases of coccidioidomycosis.
Grant program— The Secretary shall award grants to States and State and local departments of health for the purpose of supporting the surveillance of cases of coccidioidomycosis within the applicable State, and the reporting of any such cases to the registry established under paragraph (1).
Year of diagnosis— In listing cases of coccidioidomycosis in the registry established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall attribute each case to the year in which it was diagnosed.
Protocols and guidelines— The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall make publicly available any protocols and guidelines developed by the Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or appropriate professional health care organizations, for purposes of educating health care providers, farmers, and other agricultural workers regarding the most recent scientific and medical information on the etiology, transmission, diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of coccidioidomycosis.
Authorization of appropriations— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.