HR 222 — A Resolution recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.    1575

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 222
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, SCHMITT, VENKAT AND CONKLIN, MAY 2, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 2, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy
 2      Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Approximately 4.9 million children in the United
 4   States currently have asthma; and
 5      WHEREAS, Nearly 28 million individuals in the United States
 6   have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; and
 7      WHEREAS, More than 1 million adults in this Commonwealth have
 8   asthma; and
 9      WHEREAS, Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable
10   diseases among children; and
11      WHEREAS, More than 1.7 million individuals per year visit
12   emergency departments because of asthma's effects; and
13      WHEREAS, Asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and
14   school absences due to a chronic disease among children; and
15      WHEREAS, The total economic cost of asthma in the United
16   States was $81.9 billion per year from 2008 to 2013; and
17      WHEREAS, Black, Hispanic and indigenous individuals in the
18   United States face the highest burden of asthma; and
 1      WHEREAS, Asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the
 2   lives of more than 3,500 individuals in the United States in
 3   2021, including 143 individuals in this Commonwealth; and
 4      WHEREAS, Individuals with asthma and food allergies need
 5   access to affordable health insurance and to the medications and
 6   devices they need at affordable prices; and
 7      WHEREAS, More than 20 million individuals in the United
 8   States have food allergies, including about 4.3 million
 9   children; and
10      WHEREAS, Food allergies have increased among children living
11   in the United States over the past 20 years, with the greatest
12   increase in Black children; and
13      WHEREAS, Children with food allergies are two to four times
14   more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases;
15   therefore be it
16      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
17   month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in
18   Pennsylvania.




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