Group B Strep (GBS) Reporting
Home Investigation Strep A Home Strep B Home Strep P Home
Report Streptococcal disease (Group A, Group B, Streptococcus pneumoniae), invasive within one week.
Reporting Forms
Several Texas laws (Tex. Health & Safety Code, Chapters 81, 84 and 87) require specific information regarding notifiable
conditions be provided to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Health care providers, hospitals,
laboratories, schools, and others are required to report patients who are suspected of having a notifiable condition
(25 Tex. Admin. Code §97.2 ).