Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR222: A Resolution recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Status: In committee, June 23, 2025
What the bill says
A resolution Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
From the introduced text, May 2, 2025:
A RESOLUTION Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, Approximately 4.9 million children in the United States currently have asthma; and WHEREAS, Nearly 28 million individuals in the United States have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; and WHEREAS, More than 1 million adults in this Commonwealth have asthma; and WHEREAS, Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children; and WHEREAS, More than 1.7 million individuals per year visit emergency departments because of asthma's effects; and WHEREAS, Asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences due to a chronic disease among children; and WHEREAS, The total economic cost of asthma in the United States was $81.9 billion per year from 2008 to 2013; and WHEREAS, Black, Hispanic and indigenous individuals in the United States face the highest burden of asthma; and WHEREAS, Asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the lives of more than 3,500 individuals in the United States in 2021, including 143 individuals in this Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, Individuals with asthma and food allergies need access to affordable health insurance and to the medications and devices they need at affordable prices; and WHEREAS, More than 20 million individuals in the United States have food allergies, including about 4.3 million children; and WHEREAS, Food …
Sponsors
- Dan Frankel (D, 23) · primary sponsor
- Louis Schmitt (R, 79)
- Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
- Steven Malagari (D, 53)
- Nancy Guenst (D, 152)
- Nikki Rivera (D, 96)
- Patrick Harkins (D, 1)
- Patrick Gallagher (D, 173)
- Benjamin Sanchez (D, 153)
- Joseph Hohenstein (D, 177)
- Jennifer O'Mara (D, 165)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, 129)
Latest actions
- : Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), June 23, 2025
- : Reported as committed, May 7, 2025
- : Referred to HEALTH, May 2, 2025
Votes
- House Health: Report Bill As Committed (May 7, 2025): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: HEALTH
Common questions
- What is HR222?
- HR222 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
- What does HR222 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
- What is the status of HR222?
- In committee as of June 23, 2025. Latest action: Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), June 23, 2025 (June 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR222?
- Dan Frankel (D, 23), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR222?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr222
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