Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 21, 2017)
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.
What just happenedJan 3, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 21, 2017
- Jan 3, 2018Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Dec 22, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Dec 21, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Dec 21, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Budget Committee - Dec 21, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Dec 21, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 21, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House