3.0.0 4166 2023-01-13T04:49:52Z 2023-01-13T04:49:52Z House H HR 2005-10-27 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-04T21:59:45Z Referred to 2005-10-27T14:00:25Z Family Asthma Act 109 1489 S 2005-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2005-11-04 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-10-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-10-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 N S001161 Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7] John Schwarz R MI J.H. "Joe" 7 2005-10-27 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2006-02-01 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2006-02-01 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2006-02-01 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2006-02-15 False K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2006-02-15 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2006-02-28 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-03-01 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2006-03-28 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-04-05 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2006-04-06 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2006-04-26 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2006-05-02 False F000262 Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] HAROLD FORD D TN E. 9 2006-05-10 False C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2006-06-20 False Health Access to health care Allergies Asthma Child health Commerce Communication in medicine Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Diesel motor Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Environmental Protection Environmental health Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Health surveys Higher education Medical education Medical records Medical research Medical statistics Mortality National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ozone Preventive medicine Public-private partnerships Research centers Research grants Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Smog Telemedicine Health 00 2005-10-27 Introduced in House 2005-12-06T14:31:04Z Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks in families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level.

Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish asthma data.

Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish Dr. Irving J. Selikoff individual and institutional training grants for education and training of health care providers on the role of environmental factors in the development and prevention of asthma and recurrent asthma attacks.

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