Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§247b–10 Compilation of Data on Asthma

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part B — Federal-State Cooperation › § 247b–10

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the CDC Director, must run local asthma tracking to gather data on how common and how serious asthma is and how well it is being treated. They must publish each year how many children have asthma in every State and, when possible, the national childhood asthma death rate. The CDC Director must report on these tracking activities at each National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee meeting. The tracking can be done with groups that get grants under section 280g. Funding was authorized as needed for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

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Title 42, §247b–10

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(a)In general

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—

(1)conduct local asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma and the quality of asthma management;

(2)compile and annually publish data on the prevalence of children suffering from asthma in each State; and

(3)to the extent practicable, compile and publish data on the childhood mortality rate associated with asthma nationally.

(b)Surveillance activities

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acting through the representative of the Director on the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee, shall, in carrying out subsection (a), provide an update on surveillance activities at each Committee meeting.

(c)Collaborative efforts

The activities described in subsection (a)(1) may be conducted in collaboration with eligible entities awarded a grant under section 280g of this title.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

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42 U.S.C. § 247b–10

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110