To establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.
USA115th CongressHR-4733| House
| Updated: 1/3/2018
Peter Welch
Democratic Representative
Vermont
Cosponsors (28)
Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)John Abney Culberson (Republican)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Conor Lamb (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Budget Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Charitable contributionsCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesIncome tax creditsMedical researchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Prescription drugsResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUser charges and fees
To establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.
USA115th CongressHR-4733| House
| Updated: 1/3/2018
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Peter Welch
Democratic Representative
Vermont
Cosponsors (28)
Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)John Abney Culberson (Republican)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Elizabeth H. Esty (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Conor Lamb (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Budget Committee
Health
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Charitable contributionsCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesIncome tax creditsMedical researchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Prescription drugsResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsUser charges and fees