Children's Asthma Relief Act of 1999
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 13, 1999)
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage States to implement plans to carry out activities to assist children with respect to asthma in accordance with the guidelines of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Institute).
Provides that if a State CHIP plan under SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) provides for such activities to the Secretary's satisfaction, the Secretary shall make a grant to assist the State in carrying them out. Sets forth certain matching funds requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include, within the preventive health and health services block grant, any systems for reducing asthma and asthma-related illnesses, especially with regard to children, through urban cockroach pest management in public facilities that minimizes or avoids chemical pesticides through a combination of appropriate practices involving the maintenance, cleaning, and monitoring of such sites.
Directs the Institute Director to: (1) identify all Federal programs carrying out asthma-related activities; (2) develop a Federal plan for responding to asthma; and (3) submit recommendations to Congress on ways to strengthen and improve the coordination of such activities. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) conduct local asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma and the quality of asthma management; and (2) compile and publish annually data on the prevalence of children suffering from asthma in each State, and the childhood mortality rate associated with asthma nationally and in each State.
What just happenedOct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 13, 1999
- Oct 8, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 13, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 13, 1999IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1850)
- Sep 13, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House