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 PUBLIC LAW 106-310—OCT. 17, 2000 114 STAT. 1113 with appropriate ability to test the effectiveness of such strategies in large clinical trials of children and young adults. " (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. ". TITLE V—ASTHMA SERVICES FOR CHILDREN Subtitle A—Asthma Services 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. 42 USC 280g. " (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — In addition to any other pa5mients 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.

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