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STOP Pain Act

Introduced: March 15, 2016 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Mar 15, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 15, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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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 March 15, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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