117 S3364 IS: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act U.S. Senate 2021-12-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3364IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 9, 2021Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo provide for a study on the transmission of respiratory syncytial virus transmission in schools and daycare facilities.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act.

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Finding

Congress finds that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, respiratory syncytial virus leads to nearly 2,100,000 outpatient visits from children under the age of 5 years old, leading to approximately 58,000 hospitalizations within this population.

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Study on RSV transmission

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences, under which such National Academy studies respiratory syncytial virus transmission in schools and daycare facilities and the impact such virus has on the economy, including through parents' absences from work, and reports to Congress on the findings of such study.