Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act

The Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act authorizes $70 million over five years (2025-2029) to expand the CDC’s National Asthma Control Program. It requires the CDC to collaborate with state health departments to develop state asthma control plans, collect and publish annual data on asthma hospitalizations, emergency visits, and mortality rates disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, and sex, and identify disparities affecting Black Americans, Native individuals, Puerto Ricans, and low-income populations. The law mandates biennial congressional reports with recommendations to reduce asthma-related hospitalizations, mortality, and economic costs, including strategies to improve care access and address environmental triggers. This bill focuses on enhancing public health surveillance and targeted interventions to reduce asthma’s burden, particularly for disproportionately impacted communities.