‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF STATE STRATEGIC PLANS 
FOR ASTHMA CONTROL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, shall collaborate with State and local health de-
partments to develop State strategic plans for asthma con-
trol incorporating public health responses to reduce the 
burden of asthma, particularly regarding disproportion-
ately affected populations. 
‘‘(c) COMPILATION OF DATA.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, shall, in cooperation with State and local 
public health officials— 
‘‘(1) conduct asthma surveillance activities to 
collect data on the prevalence and severity of asth-
ma, the effectiveness of public health asthma inter-
ventions, and the quality of asthma management, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) collection of data on or among people 
with asthma to monitor the impact on health 
and quality of life; 
‘‘(B) surveillance of health care facilities; 
and 
‘‘(C) collection of data not containing indi-
vidually identifiable information from electronic 
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health records or other electronic communica-
tions; 
‘‘(2) compile and annually publish data regard-
ing the prevalence of childhood asthma, the child 
mortality rate, and the number of hospital admis-
sions and emergency department visits by children 
associated with asthma nationally and in each State 
by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, as well as lifetime 
and current prevalence; and 
‘‘(3) compile and annually publish data regard-
ing the prevalence of adult asthma, the adult mor-
tality rate, and the number of hospital admissions 
and emergency department visits by adults associ-
ated with asthma nationally and in each State by 
age, sex, race, and ethnicity, as well as lifetime and 
current prevalence. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF DATA COLLECTION.—The 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, in conjunction with State and local health depart-
ments, shall coordinate data collection activities under 
subsection (c)(2) so as to maximize the comparability of 
results. 
‘‘(e) COLLABORATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention may collaborate with na-
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tional, State, and local nonprofit organizations to 
provide information and education about asthma, 
and to strengthen such collaborations when possible. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES.—The Division of 
Population Health may expand its activities with 
non-Federal partners, especially State-level entities. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $65,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of the Elijah E. Cum-
mings Family Asthma Act, and once 2 years there-
after, the Secretary shall, in consultation with pa-
tient groups, nonprofit organizations, medical soci-
eties, and other relevant governmental and non-
governmental entities, submit to Congress a report 
that— 
‘‘(A) catalogs, with respect to asthma pre-
vention, management, and surveillance— 
‘‘(i) the activities of the Federal Gov-
ernment, including an assessment of the 
progress of the Federal Government and 
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