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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 581 Encouraging the State Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop a plan, in consultation with the Virginia Asthma Coalition and other stakeholders, that will increase the utilization of asthma assessment tools.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 29, 2001 Agreed to by the Senate, February 14, 2001

WHEREAS, asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among children; and

WHEREAS, in this country there are more than 17 million asthmatics and almost one-third of these are children under the age of 18; and

WHEREAS, the prevalence rate of pediatric asthma per thousand persons rose from 40.1 to 74.9 between 1982 and 1995, an increase of 86.8 percent; and

WHEREAS, most children have mild to moderate problems and treatment can be controlled in the home or physician's office, but for some the illness is the genesis of numerous visits to the hospital emergency room and multiple hospitalizations; and

WHEREAS, the estimated annual cost of treating asthma in those under 18 years of age is $3.2 billion; and

WHEREAS, asthma accounts for 10 million lost school days annually and is the leading cause of absenteeism attributed to chronic conditions; and

WHEREAS, asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15 and is the first ranking chronic condition; and

WHEREAS, asthma accounts for one in six of all pediatric emergency visits in the United States; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly encourage the State Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop a plan, in consultation with the Virginia Asthma Coalition and other stakeholders, that will increase the utilization of asthma assessment tools, such as the Sample Questions for the Diagnosis and Initial Assessment of Asthma developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the Life Quality Test by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), and asthma action plans by school health personnel, parents and health care providers; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER That the Clerk of the House of Delegates transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor, the Secretary of Education, and Secretary of Health and Human Resources in order that they may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly in this matter.