Bill114th CongressFiled Mar 15, 2016Health
S. 2678
Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent Pain Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 15, 2016)
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 just happenedMar 15, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI](D-HI)Sponsor
5 cosponsors2 D3 R
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- Introduced in SenateMar 15, 2016
- Mar 15, 2016IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Mar 15, 2016IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate