2025 House Resolution 92

Whereas, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 4.6 million children in the United States have asthma; and

Whereas, More than twenty-five million people in the United States have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year; and

Whereas, Almost 1 million adults and children in Michigan have asthma; and

Whereas, Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children; and

Whereas, Close to one 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 billion per year from 2008 to 2013. The direct cost of asthma is about $3,266 per person each year; 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 Americans in 2021, including ninety-four people in Michigan; and

Whereas, More than thirty-three million people in the United States have food allergies, including about 4,300,000 children; and

Whereas, Food allergy has increased among U.S. children over the past 20 years, with the greatest increase in black children; and

Whereas, Children with food allergies are two to four times more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and

Whereas, May is an appropriate month to designate as “Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare May 2025 as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We recognize residents who live with asthma and allergies and to be compassionate of those living with these conditions.