GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S ASTHMA RELIEF.

SEC. 501. GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S ASTHMA RELIEF. Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following part: “PART P—ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS “SEC. 399L. CHILDREN’S ASTHMA TREATMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. “(a) Authority To Make Grants.— “(1) In general.—In addition to any other payments made under this Act or title V of the Social Security Act, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to carry out the following purposes: “(A) To provide access to quality medical care for children who live in areas that have a high prevalence of asthma and who lack access to medical care. “(B) To provide on-site education to parents, children, health care providers, and medical teams to recognize the signs and symptoms of asthma, and to train them in the use of medications to treat asthma and prevent its exacerbations. “(C) To decrease preventable trips to the emergency room by making medication available to individuals who have not previously had access to treatment or education in the management of asthma. “(D) To provide other services, such as smoking cessation programs, home modification, and other direct and support services that ameliorate conditions that exacerbate or induce asthma. “(2) Certain projects.—In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may make grants designed to develop and expand the following projects: “(A) Projects to provide comprehensive asthma services to children in accordance with the guidelines of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute), including access to care and treatment for asthma in a community-based setting. “(B) Projects to fully equip mobile health care clinics that provide preventive asthma care including diagnosis, physical examinations, pharmacological therapy, skin testing, peak flow meter testing, and other asthma-related health care services. 114 STAT. 1114 “(C) Projects to conduct validated asthma management education programs for patients with asthma and their families, including patient education regarding asthma management, family education on asthma management, and the distribution of materials, including displays and videos, to reinforce concepts presented by medical teams. “(2) Award of grants.— “(A) Application.— “(i) In general.—An eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary for a grant under this section in such form and manner as the Secretary may require. “(ii) Required information.—An application submitted under this subparagraph shall include a plan for the use of funds awarded under the grant and such other information as the Secretary may require. “(B) Requirement.—In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities that demonstrate that the activities to be carried out under this section shall be in localities within areas of known or suspected high prevalence of childhood asthma or high asthma-related mortality or high rate of hospitalization or emergency room visits for asthma (relative to the average asthma prevalence rates and associated mortality rates in the United States). Acceptable data sets to demonstrate a high prevalence of childhood asthma or high asthma-related mortality may include data from Federal, State, or local vital statistics, claims data under title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, other public health statistics or surveys, or other data that the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deems appropriate. “(3) Definition of eligible entity.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a public or nonprofit private entity (including a State or political subdivision of a State), or a consortium of any of such entities. “(b) Coordination With Other Children’s Programs.—An eligible entity shall identify in the plan submitted as part of an application for a grant under this section how the entity will coordinate operations and activities under the grant with— “(1) other programs operated in the State that serve children with asthma, including any such programs operated under title V, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act; and “(2) one or more of the following— “(A) the child welfare and foster care and adoption assistance programs under parts B and E of title IV of such Act; “(B) the head start program established under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); “(C) the program of assistance under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); “(D) local public and private elementary or secondary schools; or “(E) public housing agencies, as defined in section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a). 114 STAT. 1115 “(c) Evaluation.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under the grant that includes— “(1) a description of the health status outcomes of children assisted under the grant; “(2) an assessment of the utilization of asthma-related health care services as a result of activities carried out under the grant; “(3) the collection, analysis, and reporting of asthma data according to guidelines prescribed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and “(4) such other information as the Secretary may require. “(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.”.