Conquering Pain Act of 2001
Latest action · Jun 13, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6214-6217)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Medicare and Medicaid programs, programs through the Public Health Service Act, programs through the Indian Health Service, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), and other programs administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform individuals concerning such programs' pain management benefits.
Directs the Secretary to provide funds for special education projects to improve pain and symptom management.
Amends Medicare provisions relating to the Medicare+Choice program to provide for dissemination of pain and symptom management information.
Mandates a report by the Surgeon General on the state of pain and symptom management in the United States.
Mandates grants to health care provider training entities to establish six National Family Support Networks in Pain and Symptom Management.
Requires the existing Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) to report on specified financial, policy, and reimbursement barriers in providing pain and symptom management and palliative care.
Establishes the Advisory Committee on Pain and Symptom Management.
Mandates an Institute of Medicine report on controlled substance regulation and the use of pain medications.
Mandates grants for demonstration projects on: (1) effective methods to measure improvement in the skills and knowledge of health care personnel in pain and symptom management; and (2) end of life care.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2001 to Feb 14, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jun 13, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Jun 13, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Jun 13, 2001 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Feb 14, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jun 13, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6213-6214)
- Jun 13, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6214-6217)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6213–S6217Text printed S6214–S6217 | Gordon H. Smith R-OR, Ron Wyden D-OR (text) | Jun 13, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-287 | OXYCONTIN: BALANCING RISKS AND BENEFITS112 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 12, 2002 |
| Serial No. 107-54 | OXYCONTIN: ITS USE AND ABUSE88 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Aug 28, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2156 | Conquering Pain Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Jun 25, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Conquering Pain Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Chronically ill
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Computers and government
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Drug therapy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health insurance industry
- Health maintenance organizations
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospices (Terminal care)
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian medical care
- Internet
- Law
- Managed care
- Medicaid
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical residents
- Medicare
- Medicare managed care
- Mental health services
- Military dependents
- Military medicine
- Minorities
- Nursing homes
- Opium
- Pain
- Performance measurement
- Physicians
- Poor children
- Psychotherapy
- Quality of care
- Research grants
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Telemedicine
- Terminal care
- Terminally ill
- Urban affairs
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
