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S. 3832 118th Congress Senate

Alternatives to PAIN Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate access to non-opioid pain management drugs under part D of the Medicare program.

Introduced: February 29, 2024 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Health Drug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceMedicarePrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Feb 29, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 29, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • STANTON PARK GROUP
    for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED · Massachusetts · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • STANTON PARK GROUP
    for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • STANTON PARK GROUP
    for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • STANTON PARK GROUP
    for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED · Massachusetts · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • TIBER CREEK GROUP
    for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS · Massachusetts · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 8 Republican 9
D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 20, 2024
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Nov 20, 2024
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 11, 2024
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 11, 2024
 R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jul 31, 2024
 D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Jul 31, 2024
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 23, 2024
 D
Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Jul 23, 2024
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jul 9, 2024
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 8, 2024
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 8, 2024
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 21, 2024
Sinema, Kyrsten
· May 21, 2024
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 8, 2024
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · May 8, 2024
 R
Britt, Katie Boyd
Alabama · May 1, 2024
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 1, 2024
 D
Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Feb 29, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3832: Alternatives to PAIN Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3832/
MLA
"S. 3832: Alternatives to PAIN Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3832/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 3832, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3832/.
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[S. 3832: Alternatives to PAIN Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3832/)
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