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HR 2098 109th Congress House

Asthma Act

Official title: To provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and to provide for increased funding for such programs.

Introduced: July 26, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
May 4, 2005
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.
May 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Asthma Act - Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Directs the Program's coordinating committee to report concerning the scope of, and federal programs concerned with, asthma problems in the United States.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collaborate with states to expand specified asthma-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out related outreach activities. Gives grant priorities to communities disproportionately affected by asthma or underserved by health programs and in which a significant number of low-income individuals reside.

Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make matching grants to states to carry out activities to assist children with respect to asthma.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies in communities with significant numbers of low-income or underserved individuals for elementary and secondary school asthma-related activities.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) hospitals and managed care plans should undertake certain efforts to increase asthma-related education and training; and (2) federal, state, and local activities should promote Public Health Service asthma diagnosis and management guidelines.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 26, 2005
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 26, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2098: Asthma Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2098/
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