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Introduced
05/02/2019
05/02/2019
In Committee
07/15/2020
07/15/2020
Crossed Over
09/30/2020
09/30/2020
Passed
12/24/2020
12/24/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
01/05/2021
01/05/2021
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT 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. 1
AI Summary
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain allergies and asthma-related grants, to states that require public schools to have comprehensive allergies and asthma management programs. These programs must include identifying students with allergies or asthma, creating individual action plans, providing education for school staff, reducing environmental triggers, and coordinating with healthcare providers. The bill also allows the principal or other designated individual, in addition to the school nurse, to administer epinephrine or direct the school's allergies and asthma management program on a voluntary basis.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (48)
Steny Hoyer (D)*,
Cindy Axne (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Chris Collins (R),
TJ Cox (D),
Elijah Cummings (D),
Susan Davis (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Eddie Johnson (D),
Bill Keating (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Adam Kinzinger (R),
Daniel Lipinski (D),
Ben Ray Luján (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
David Roe (R),
Max Rose (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
José Serrano (D),
Tom Suozzi (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Jeff Van Drew (R),
Juan Vargas (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Became Public Law No: 116-292. (on 01/05/2021)
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