Asthma Management Plans in School Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to schools that are receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and are located in areas that have a high prevalence of asthma so they can: (1) develop and implement an asthma management plan; and (2) purchase the asthma inhalers, spacers, and other supplies necessary for the relief and treatment of affected students.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to local health or education departments to carry out such activities if they are the entities that would routinely carry out such activities in an area.
Requires grantees to: (1) find innovative ways to encourage rapid bidirectional communication between schools and students' physicians and students' adherence to asthma treatment; and (2) ensure that they have on staff a nurse or individual who is trained to administer emergency asthma care.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4836 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4836
To amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma
management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for
emergency use, as necessary.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 12, 2010
Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 to provide grants to schools for the development of asthma
management plans and the purchase of asthma inhalers and spacers for
emergency use, as necessary.
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 ``Asthma Management Plans in School
Act''.
SEC. 2. ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) Amendment.--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:
``Subpart 22--Asthma Management Plans
``SEC. 5621. ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLANS.
``(a) Grants Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--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 or asthma hospitalization
rates), to enable the school to--
``(A) develop and implement an asthma management
plan; and
``(B) purchase asthma inhalers or spacers, or both,
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) Alternative grantees.--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) Application.--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) Use of Grant Funds.--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 or
spacers, or both, 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) Grant Recipient Actions.--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 Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year
2010 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.
(b) Table of Contents.--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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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