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HR 5633 107th Congress House Health Asthma Case management Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary school students Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Head Start programs Health education Health insurance High school students Infants Medicaid Medical centers Medical screening

FAAST Act

Introduced: October 10, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 10, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 10, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Federal Asthma Assessment and State Tracking Act of 2002 - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize early Head Start and Head Start programs to carry out asthma screening programs.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies for asthma screening programs for public school children.

Amends the Social Security Act to state that nothing under such Act or other law shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting Medicaid or school-based assistance for children receiving asthma screening tests.

Requires the Secretary to develop, in conjunction with State medicaid programs under the Social Security Act, a demonstration program for model asthma treatment centers. Directs that the centers be based on the treatment models developed by the Inner City Asthma Program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to give priority in developing the program to communities where the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma is high.

What's happening now October 28, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1