United States · Bill · S
S. 2678 (114th)
STOP Pain Act
Introduced
15 March 2016
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Summary
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.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 March 2016
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 March 2016
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 15 March 2016
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2678
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2678