National Pain Care Policy Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 4, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Pain Care Policy Act of 2005 - Directs the President to convene a White House Conference on Pain Care to identify barriers to appropriate pain care.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the National Center for Pain and Palliative Care Research. Establishes an advisory council for the Center.
Requires the Director of NIH to establish at least six regional pain research centers.
Requires the Director of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop and advance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of pain and palliative care. Permits the Secretary to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to public and private entities to educate and train health care professionals in pain and palliative care.
Directs the Secretary to implement a national campaign to inform the public on responsible pain management, related symptom management, and palliative care.
Requires the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services to develop and implement a pain care palliative initiative in all health care facilities of the uniformed services.
Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) to require Medicare Advantage organizations to meet certain pain care standards. Requires TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) to meet such pain care standards.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a pain care initiative in all health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2005 to Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | May 10, 2005 | |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jul 12, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 11, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jul 12, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 13, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | Jul 20, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Sep 29, 2006 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2005 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2005 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2005 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 1, 2005Introduced in House
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 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-43 | IMPROVING AMERICA'S HEALTH: EXAMINING FEDERAL RESEARCH EFFORTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC PAIN88 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Dec 8, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national public health priorities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Pain Care Policy Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Ambulatory care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cancer
- Chronically ill
- Coinsurance
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Health maintenance organizations
- Hospital care
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Insurance premiums
- Managed care
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Mental depression
- Mental health services
- Mental illness
- Military dependents
- Military hospitals
- Military medicine
- Pain
- Peer review organizations (Medicine)
- Physicians
- Public service advertising
- Quality of life
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sleep disorders
- Social Welfare
- Terminal care
- Terminally ill
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- White House conferences
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2005Introduced in House
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