3.0.0 1278 2023-01-15T16:48:43Z 2023-01-15T16:48:43Z Senate S S 2003-06-18 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-18T15:09:25Z Conquering Pain Act of 2003 108 2507 HR 2003-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-06-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-06-18 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2003-06-18 True B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2003-06-18 True Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Chronically ill Commerce Communication in medicine 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 Electronic government information Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government publicity Health counseling Health education Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Higher education Home care services Housing and Community Development Indian medical care Internet Law Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical education Medical personnel Medical research Medical residents Medicare 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 Health 00 2003-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z 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.]]>

Conquering Pain Act of 2003 Display Title Conquering Pain Act of 2003 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 puposes Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Conquering Pain Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-06-18T04:00:00Z 2003-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.