(A) telephone surveys to collect sample 
household data on the local burden of asthma; 
and 
(B) health care facility specific surveillance 
to collect asthma data on the prevalence and se-
verity of asthma, and on the quality of asthma 
care; and 
(2) compile and annually publish data on— 
(A) the prevalence of children suffering 
from asthma in each State; and 
(B) the childhood mortality rate associated 
with asthma nationally and in each State. 
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any other 
authorization of appropriations that is available to the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the pur-
pose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to such Centers for such purpose 
$8,200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 
2014. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH REGARDING 
ASTHMA INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may make grants to nonprofit private entities for 
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projects to carry out, in communities identified by entities 
applying for the grants, outreach activities to provide for 
residents of the communities the following: 
(1) Information and education on asthma. 
(2) Referrals to health programs of public and 
nonprofit private entities that provide asthma-re-
lated services, including such services for low-income 
individuals. The grant may be expended to make ar-
rangements to coordinate the activities of such enti-
ties in order to establish and operate networks or 
consortia regarding such referrals. 
(b) PREFERENCES IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants that will carry out projects under such 
subsection in communities that are disproportionately af-
fected by asthma or underserved with respect to the activi-
ties described in such subsection and in which a significant 
number of low-income individuals reside. 
(c) EVALUATIONS.—A condition for a grant under 
subsection (a) is that the applicant for the grant agree 
to provide for the evaluation of the projects carried out 
under such subsection by the applicant to determine the 
extent to which the projects have been effective in carrying 
out the activities referred to in such subsection. 
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(d) FUNDING.—For the purpose of carrying out this 
section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,100,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
SEC. 6. ACTION PLANS OF STATES REGARDING ASTHMA; FI-
NANCIAL 
INCENTIVES 
REGARDING 
CHIL-
DREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall in accordance with subsection (b) carry out 
a program to encourage the States to implement plans to 
carry out activities to assist children with respect to asth-
ma in accordance with guidelines of the National Heart, 
Lung, and Blood Institute. 
(b) RELATION TO CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 
a State plan under title XXI of the Social Security 
Act provides for activities described in subsection (a) 
to an extent satisfactory to the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall, with amounts appropriated under sub-
section (c), make a grant to the State involved to as-
sist the State in carrying out such activities. 
(2) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to the 
costs of the activities to be carried out by a 
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State pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may make a grant under such paragraph only 
if the State agrees to make available (directly 
or through donations from public or private en-
tities) non-Federal contributions toward such 
costs in an amount that is not less than 50 per-
cent of the costs ($1 for each $1 of Federal 
funds provided in the grant). 
(B) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CON-
TRIBUTED.—Non-Federal 
contributions 
re-
quired in subparagraph (A) may be in cash or 
in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip-
ment, or services. Amounts provided by the 
Federal Government, or services assisted or 
subsidized to any significant extent by the Fed-
eral Government, may not be included in deter-
mining the amount of such non-Federal con-
tributions. 
(3) CRITERIA
REGARDING
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
GRANT.—The Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register criteria describing the circumstances in 
which the Secretary will consider a State plan to be 
satisfactory for purposes of paragraph (1). 
(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—With respect to 
State plans under title XXI of the Social Security 
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Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
shall make available to the States technical assist-
ance in developing the provisions of such plans that 
will provide for activities pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(c) FUNDING.—For the purpose of carrying out this 
section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,100,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
SEC. 7. ACTION PLANS OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
REGARDING ASTHMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) SCHOOL-BASED ASTHMA ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary of Education (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, may make grants to local educational agen-
cies for programs to carry out at elementary and 
secondary schools specified in paragraph (2) asthma- 
related activities for children who attend such 
schools. 
(2) ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.—The elementary and 
secondary schools referred to in paragraph (1) are 
such schools that are located in communities with a 
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