HR 5249
114th Congress
House
Health
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
STOP Pain Act
Introduced: May 16, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 16, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent Pain Act or the STOP Pain Act
This bill authorizes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to intensify and coordinate NIH research into the understanding of pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium) for pain treatments.
The prioritization and direction of federally funded pain research must consider recommendations made by the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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