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S 2160 110th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Health Medical personnel Medical research Nervous system Pain Science, Technology, Communications Veterans' medical care War casualties

Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007

Introduced: October 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
Feb 28, 2008
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Akaka without amendment. With written report No. 110-267.
Nov 14, 2007
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 24, 2007
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-328.
Oct 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12871-21872)
Oct 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12870-12871)
Oct 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out at each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facility an initiative on pain care which shall include, for each individual receiving treatment at such facility: (1) an assessment for pain at the time of admission or initial treatment, and periodic assessments thereafter; and (2) appropriate pain care including, when necessary, access to specialty pain management services.

Directs the Secretary to carry out within the Medical and Prosthetic Research Service of the Veterans Health Administration a program of research and training on acute and chronic pain. Requires the Secretary, under such program, to designate cooperative centers for research and education on pain, with at least one center as a lead center for research on pain attributable to central and peripheral nervous system damage commonly associated with battlefield injuries characteristic of modern warfare.

What's happening now February 28, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 6, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2160: Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2160/
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