National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 19, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 19, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to convene a Conference on Pain to: (1) increase the recognition of pain as a significant public health problem in the United States; (2) evaluate the adequacy of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic pain; (3) identify barriers to appropriate pain care; and (4) establish an agenda to reduce such barriers and significantly improve the state of pain care research, education, and clinical care in the United States. Allows the Secretary to enter into an agreement with another appropriate entity if the Institute of Medicine declines.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue and expand, through the Pain Consortium, an aggressive program of basic and clinical research on the causes of and potential treatments for pain. Requires the Pain Consortium to develop and make recommendations on appropriate pain research initiatives.
Requires the Secretary to establish the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee to: (1) develop a summary of advances in federal pain care research relevant to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of pain and diseases and disorders associated with pain; and (2) identify critical gaps in basic and clinical research on the symptoms and causes of pain.
Allows the Secretary to provide for education and training to health care professionals in pain care.
Requires the Secretary to establish and implement a national pain care education outreach and awareness campaign to educate consumers, patients, their families, and other caregivers.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2009 to Jul 27, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 19, 2009 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 15, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 27, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 19, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3571)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 756 | National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 | Related bill | Mar 31, 2009 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Education programs funding
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Neurological disorders
- Research administration and funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2009Introduced in Senate
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