[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 889 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 889

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the 
        collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 1999

  Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Ford, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Brown of California, 
  Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
McCarthy of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George 
Miller of California, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
 Shows, Mrs. Thurman, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the 
        collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Robin Danielson Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Of the cases of toxic shock syndrome in the United 
        States, approximately 50 percent are related to tampon use and 
        approximately 50 percent occur in nonmenstruating women and in 
        men and children.
            (2) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
        believes that women are at increased risk for developing toxic 
        shock syndrome due to a false sense of security that there is 
        no longer any risk for developing the disease.
            (3) The CDC has estimated that each year such syndrome 
        strikes more than 1,300 individuals. Among women in the age 
        group 12 through 44 who use tampons or barrier contraceptives, 
        between one and two of every 100,000 will develop the syndrome.
            (4) Epidemiological data on cases of toxic shock syndrome 
        are not systematically collected in the United States, and 
        information on cases seldom travels beyond the victim's circle 
        of family and friends.
            (5) The CDC and the States should cooperate to collect and 
        analyze such data. Increasing the amount of information on 
        toxic shock syndrome will lead to increased awareness about the 
        disease in the medical community, and may also lead to an 
        increased understanding of the causes of the syndrome.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM FOR COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA ON 
              TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317G the following 
section:

       ``collection and analysis of data on toxic shock syndrome

    ``Sec. 317H. (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall carry 
out a program to collect, analyze, and make available data on toxic 
shock syndrome, including data on the causes of such syndrome.
    ``(b) National Incidence and Prevalence.--In carrying out the 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall to the extent 
practicable determine the national incidence and prevalence of toxic 
shock syndrome.
    ``(c) Cooperation With States.--The Secretary may carry out the 
program under subsection (a) directly and through grants to States and 
local health departments.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.''.
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