S. 3364 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3364 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 9, 2021Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide for a study on the transmission of respiratory syncytial virus transmission in schools and daycare facilities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act. 2. 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. 3. 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.