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S. 2260 115th Congress Senate

Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act

Official title: A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the Natio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.

Introduced: December 21, 2017 Introduced by: Brian Schatz Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 21, 2017
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 Latest action December 21, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act

This bill establishes and provides funds for the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pain-related research, including:

  • understanding pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatment as directed in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016;
  • improving options and evidence for medication-assisted treatment and opioid overdose reversal treatments; and
  • supporting the Federal Pain Research Strategy.

NIH must establish the Pain Therapy Screening Program to award grants to support the development of new pre-clinical models for pain disorders, and the application of these models in drug, device, or other therapy screening.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4733 Identical bill Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
  • HR 5531 Opioid Emergency Response Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 23, 2018
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 16, 2018
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 8, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2260: Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2260/
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