1.This Act may be cited as the
Asthma Management Plans in School
Act
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2.
(a)Part D of title V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
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5621.
(a)
(1)The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to a school
that receives funding under part A of title I and is located in an area that
the Secretary determines has a high prevalence of asthma (using such indicators
as emergency department visits due to asthma, asthma hospitalization rates, or
the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), to enable the school
to—
(A)develop and
implement an asthma management plan; and
(B)purchase asthma inhalers, nebulizer
machines, valved holding chambers (VHCs), spacers, and auto-injectable
epinephrine and appropriate supplies determined necessary by the Secretary, for
students, so that every student served by the school who suffers from asthma
has access to the relief and treatment the student needs during the school
day.
(2)The Secretary may award a grant under this section to a
local health or education department to carry out the activities described in
this section if the Secretary determines that in such local area such
department is the entity that would routinely carry out such activities.
(b)A
school or department that desires to receive a grant under this section shall
submit an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may require.
(c)A school or department
that receives a grant under this section shall develop and implement a
comprehensive school asthma management plan, and may purchase asthma inhalers,
nebulizer machines, valved holding chambers (VHCs), spacers, and
auto-injectable epinephrine for emergency use, for students served by the
school or department, as needed, as well as devices that measure pulmonary
function or asthma education tools, or both. Such management plan shall include
the following:
(1)A method to
identify all students with a diagnosis of asthma.
(2)An asthma action
plan for each student with a diagnosis of asthma.
(3)Asthma education
for all school staff.
(4)Access to
medication and to methods to administer medication, for all students served by
the school or department who have asthma, based on the student's prescription
and individual needs.
(5)Asthma medication
and emergency policies that are specific to the school.
(6)Protocols and
training to support clinical management of acute symptoms of asthma and ongoing
management of asthma.
(7)A system to
support ongoing coordination of asthma care with the family, the primary care
provider, and others as necessary.
(8)A method to
monitor the quality and outcomes of the care provided to each student served by
the school or department who has asthma, including how often treatment is
needed and what treatment students get.
(d)A school or department that receives a grant under this
section shall—
(1)utilize existing
systems, when possible, including the use of forms developed in accordance with
section 504 forms of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 794);
(2)find innovative
ways—
(A)to encourage
bidirectional communication between schools and students' physicians in a rapid
manner; and
(B)to encourage
adherence to asthma treatment by students; and
(3)ensure that a
nurse or another individual who is trained to administer emergency asthma care
is on staff.
(e)Authorization of
AppropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal
years.
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(b)The table of contents in section 2 of such Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5618 the
following:
SUBPART 22—Asthma Management Plans
Sec. 5621. Asthma management
plans.
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