Legislation and Policy
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National
- Allergy and Asthma
Network, Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)
AANMA, a national nonprofit network of families, offers information
about living with allergies and asthma, including information on
policy issues such as pending legislation and children’s rights at
school.
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Action Against
Asthma: A Strategic Plan for the Department of Health and Human
Services (May 2000)
This strategy is designed to help achieve the national Healthy
People 2010 goals for asthma. The strategy envisions close
coordination between DHHS initiatives and activities led by
professional societies, universities, non-governmental and
community-based organizations, providers of medical care,
businesses, and other federal, state, local, and tribal
government agencies in pursuit of progress in these areas over
the next five years.
- Coordination of Federal Asthma
Activities (pdf *)
This report by the Federal Liaison Group on Asthma identifies
federal programs that carry out asthma-related activities and
contains recommendations on ways to strengthen and improve
coordination of those activities.
- Pew Environmental Health Commission
The Commission developed recommendations designed to bolster the
nation’s ability to track and prevent health problems linked to
conditions in the environment.
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Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet
Information on the U.S. Congress and searchable database of
federal legislation.
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U.S. Legislative Branch
Links to information about the legislative branch, the
legislative process, and a searchable database of
legislative branch Web sites.
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State and Local
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Library of Congress: State and Local Governments
This site provides a meta-index of state and local
government information and direct links to state
government Web sites.
- National
Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL is a bipartisan national forum for state lawmakers to
communicate with one another and to share ideas on various
topics, including asthma.
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Asthma Web Resources
This site includes links to policy briefs on asthma,
analyses of state legislation, and a searchable database
of state legislation and statutes.
- Asthma, A Growing Epidemic (Environmental Health
Series, 2000) (html,
pdf *)
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StateLaw
This site provides information on state governments and
legislation from Washburn University School of Law.
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