,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccfd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #i1  
#bjba,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for a study on the  
transmission of respiratory syncytial   
virus transmission in schools and       
daycare facilities4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,respiratory ,syncytial ,virus 7,,rsv7  
,impact ,act4  #b4 ,finding ,congress   
finds that1 according to the ,centers   
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1  
each year in the ,united ,states1       
respiratory syncytial virus leads to    
nearly #b1ajj1jjj outpatient visits from
 children under the age of #e years old1
 leading to approximately #eh1jjj       
hospitalizations within this population4
  #c4 ,study on ,,rsv transmission ,the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall seek to enter into a    

contract with the ,national ,academy of 
,sciences1 under which such ,national   
,academy studies respiratory syncytial  
virus transmission in schools and       
daycare facilities and the impact such  
virus has on the economy1 including     
through parents' absences from work1 and
 reports to ,congress on the findings of
 such study4