Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) transmission in schools and day cares. In particular, the study must evaluate the impact of RSV on the economy, including through parents' absences from work.
RSV is a common respiratory virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms although it may be more serious for infants, older adults, and other vulnerable populations.
To provide for a study on the transmission of respiratory syncytial 
         virus transmission in schools and daycare facilities.

    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 ``Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) 
Impact Act''.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act
A bill to provide for a study on the transmission of respiratory syncytial virus transmission in schools and daycare facilities.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act
Sen. Kennedy, John