Sec. 777. Asthma-related activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Section 317I of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–10 ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall collaborate with State and local health departments to conduct activities, including the provision of information and education to the public regarding asthma including— deterring the harmful consequences of uncontrolled asthma; and disseminating health education and information regarding prevention of asthma episodes and strategies for managing asthma.
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall collaborate with State and local health departments to develop State plans incorporating public health responses to reduce the burden of asthma, particularly regarding disproportionately affected populations. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, in cooperation with State and local public health officials— conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public health asthma interventions, and the quality of asthma management, including— collection of household data on the local burden of asthma; surveillance of health care facilities; and collection of data not containing individually identifiable information from electronic health records or other electronic communications; compile and annually publish data regarding the prevalence and incidence of childhood asthma, the child mortality rate, and the number of hospital admissions and emergency department visits by children associated with asthma nationally and in each State and at the county level by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, as well as lifetime and current prevalence; and compile and annually publish data regarding the prevalence and incidence of adult asthma, the adult mortality rate, and the number of hospital admissions and emergency department visits by adults associated with asthma nationally and in each State and at the county level by age, sex, race, ethnicity, industry, and occupation, as well as lifetime and current prevalence.
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in conjunction with State and local health departments, shall coordinate data collection activities under subsection (c)(2) so as to maximize comparability of results. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraged to collaborate with national, State, and local nonprofit organizations to provide information and education about asthma, and to strengthen such collaborations when possible. In addition to any other authorization of appropriations that is available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to such Centers such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for the purpose of carrying out this section. .
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Sec. 777
Asthma-related activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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