outcomes at a lower cost. However, research pub-
lished in Preventing Chronic Disease has shown 
gaps in consistent and comprehensive coverage of 
guidelines-based asthma care across State Medicaid 
programs. 
(10) The high health and financial burden 
caused by asthma underscores the importance of ad-
herence to the National Asthma Education and Pre-
vention Program Guidelines of the National Heart, 
Lung, and Blood Institute. Increasing adherence to 
guidelines-based care and resulting patient manage-
ment practices will enhance the quality of life for pa-
tients with asthma and decrease asthma-related 
morbidity and mortality. 
(11) In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention reported that less than half of people 
with asthma reported receiving self-management 
training for their asthma. More education about 
triggers, proper treatment, and asthma management 
methods is needed. 
(12) 27 States do not receive funding through 
the National Asthma Control Program of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention. Without 
this funding, State health departments have a lim-
ited capacity to improve the reach, quality, effective-
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ness and sustainability of asthma control services, 
conduct comprehensive adult and pediatric surveil-
lance, and to reduce asthma morbidity, mortality, 
and disparities. 
(13) The alarming rise in the prevalence of 
asthma, its adverse effect on school attendance and 
productivity, and its cost for hospitalizations and 
emergency room visits, highlight the importance of 
public health interventions, including increasing 
awareness of asthma as a chronic illness, its symp-
toms, the role of both indoor and outdoor environ-
mental factors that exacerbate the disease, and other 
factors that affect its exacerbations and severity. 
The goals of the Federal Government and its part-
ners in the nonprofit and private sectors should in-
clude reducing the number and severity of asthma 
attacks, asthma’s financial burden, and the health 
disparities associated with asthma. 
SEC. 3. ASTHMA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 317I of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–10) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 317I. ASTHMA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND 
EDUCATION
TO
THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention and the Director of the National Center 
for Environmental Health, shall collaborate with State 
and local health departments to conduct activities regard-
ing asthma, including the provision of information and 
education to the public regarding asthma, including— 
‘‘(1) deterring the harmful consequences of un-
controlled asthma; and 
‘‘(2) disseminating health education and infor-
mation regarding prevention of asthma episodes and 
strategies for managing asthma. 
‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
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Control and Prevention, in collaboration with State 
and local health departments, shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct asthma surveillance activities 
to collect data on the prevalence and severity of 
asthma, the effectiveness of public health asth-
ma interventions, and the quality of asthma 
management, including— 
‘‘(i) collection of data on or among 
people with asthma to monitor the impact 
on health and quality of life; 
‘‘(ii) surveillance of health care facili-
ties; and 
‘‘(iii) collection of data from electronic 
health records or other electronic commu-
nications; and 
‘‘(B) compile and annually publish data re-
garding— 
‘‘(i) the prevalence of childhood asth-
ma; 
‘‘(ii) the child mortality rate of asth-
ma; 
‘‘(iii) the number of hospital admis-
sions and emergency department visits by 
children associated with asthma nationally, 
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disaggregated by State, age, sex, race, and 
ethnicity; 
‘‘(iv) the prevalence of adult asthma; 
‘‘(v) the adult mortality rate of asth-
ma; and 
‘‘(vi) the number of hospital admis-
sions and emergency department visits by 
adults associated with asthma nationally, 
disaggregated by State, age, sex, race, and 
ethnicity. 
‘‘(2) DATA
PRIVACY.—None of the data col-
lected, compiled, or published under paragraph (1) 
may contain individually identifiable information. 
‘‘(3) ENSURING
COMPARABILITY.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration 
with State and local health departments, shall en-
sure that the data described in paragraph (1) are 
collected and compiled using a consistent method-
ology so as to maximize the comparability of results. 
‘‘(d) COLLABORATION WITH NONPROFITS.—The Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
may collaborate with national, State, and local nonprofit 
organizations to provide information and education about 
asthma. 
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