[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2468 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2468

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference 
  given, in awarding certain allergies and asthma-related grants, to 
States that require certain public schools to have allergies and asthma 
              management programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2019

 Mr. Hoyer (for himself and Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference 
  given, in awarding certain allergies and asthma-related grants, to 
States that require certain public schools to have allergies and asthma 
              management programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School-Based Allergies and Asthma 
Management Program Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN STATES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN 
              PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HAVE ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA MANAGEMENT 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 399L(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (F) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(F) School personnel administration of rescue 
                medications for allergies and asthma.--In determining 
                the preference (if any) to be given to a State under 
                this subsection, the Secretary shall give additional 
                preference to a State that provides to the Secretary 
                the certification described in subparagraph (G) and 
                that requires that each public elementary school and 
                secondary school in the State--
                            ``(i) has in place a plan for having on the 
                        premises of the school during all operating 
                        hours of the school a school nurse or one or 
                        more other individuals who are trained 
                        personnel of the school; and
                            ``(ii) has in place under the direction of 
                        a school nurse a comprehensive school-based 
                        allergies and asthma management program that 
                        includes--
                                    ``(I) a method to identify all 
                                students of such school with a 
                                diagnosis of allergies and asthma;
                                    ``(II) an individual student 
                                allergies and asthma action plan for 
                                each student of such school with a 
                                diagnosis of allergies and asthma;
                                    ``(III) allergies and asthma 
                                education for school staff who are 
                                directly responsible for students who 
                                have been identified as having 
                                allergies or asthma, such as education 
                                regarding basics, management, trigger 
                                management, and comprehensive emergency 
                                responses with respect to allergies and 
                                asthma;
                                    ``(IV) efforts to reduce the 
                                presence of environmental triggers of 
                                allergies and asthma; and
                                    ``(V) a system to support students 
                                with a diagnosis of allergies or asthma 
                                through coordination with family 
                                members of such students, primary care 
                                providers of such students, and others 
                                as necessary.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(E)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                inserting ``, such as the school nurse'' after 
                ``individual''; and
                    (B) in clause (i), by inserting ``school nurse or'' 
                before ``principal''.
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