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10/18/2007--Introduced.<br/>Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level. Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish asthma data. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish Dr. Irving J. Selikoff individual and institutional training grants for education and training of health care providers on the role of environmental factors in the development and prevention of asthma and recurrent asthma attacks.<br/>

1193025600 2007-10-22 Fri Nov 07 02:18:50 -0600 2008 introduced 46818 'act':3 'asthma':2 'famili':1 54579 false short introduced 46818 'act':7 'amend':2 'asthma':13 'health':5 'public':4 'purpos':17 'regard':9 'servic':6 'research':11 52944 false official action 46818 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 143689 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. M000309 1944-01-05 106 Cannon House Office Building http://www.house.gov/writerep 4 202-225-5758 Carolyn 'd':4 '-4':6 'ny':5 'rep':1 'carolyn':2,7,9 'mccarthi':3,8,10 F 400257 McCarthy Carolyn_McCarthy Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4] N00001148 7884 Democrat 202-225-5516 Catholic NY Carolyn McCarthy 0.875 http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/ G000309 1949-01-24 2310 Rayburn House Office Building http://gordon.house.gov/contact/index.shtml 6 202-225-6887 Barton 'd':4 '-6':6 'tn':5 'rep':1 'bart':9 'barton':2,7,10 'gordon':3,8,11 M 400155 Gordon Bart_Gordon Jennings Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6] Bart N00003126 9216 Democrat 202-225-4231 Methodist TN Barton Gordon 5.90909090909091 http://gordon.house.gov/ P000523 1940-08-17 2162 Rayburn House Office Building http://price.house.gov/contact/contact_form.shtml 4 202-225-2014 David 'd':4 '-4':6 'nc':5 'rep':1 'david':2,7,9 'price':3,8,10 M 400326 Price David_E._Price Eugene Rep. David Price [D, NC-4] N00002260 7863 Democrat 202-225-1784 Baptist NC David Price 3.6 http://price.house.gov/ repdavidprice action 46818 1193025600 Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0500 2007 143689 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. introduced 46818 1192680000 Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 132814 action 46818 1192680000 Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 132815 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.