---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 247b–10"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "247b–10"
heading: "Compilation of data on asthma"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/247b-10"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part B — Federal-State Cooperation"
---

# §247b–10. Compilation of data on asthma

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), acting through the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall—
  - (1) conduct local asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma and the quality of asthma management;
  - (2) compile and annually publish data on the prevalence of children suffering from asthma in each [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f); and
  - (3) to the extent practicable, compile and publish data on the childhood mortality rate associated with asthma nationally.
- (b) **Surveillance activities—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acting through the representative of the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) on the National Asthma Education Prevention [Program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) Coordinating Committee, shall, in carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), provide an update on surveillance activities at each Committee meeting.
- (c) **Collaborative efforts—** The activities described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) may be conducted in collaboration with eligible entities awarded a grant under [section 280g of this title](/usc/42/280g.md).
- (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.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 317I, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title V, § 531, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1117.)