S. 2815 · 108th Congress
Asthmatic Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2004
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Mike DeWine
- Introduced
- 2004-09-20
- Latest action
- 2004-10-08 · Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Gregg without amendment. With written report No. 108-394.
Summary
Asthmatic Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making certain PHSA grants or any other asthma-related grant to a State, to give preference to States that require public elementary and secondary schools to allow students to self-administer medication to treat that student's asthma or anaphylaxis under specified conditions.
Provides that this Act does not create a cause of action or in any other way increase or diminish the liability of any person under any other law.
Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) commending the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for identifying and creating strategies for addressing asthma within a coordinated school program; and (2) encouraging all schools to review these strategies and adopt policies that will best meet the needs of their student population.