3.0.0 2994 2023-01-11T21:19:45Z 2023-01-11T21:19:45Z House H HR 2007-07-11 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-10-02T20:35:39Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-11T19:44:25Z Reported by 2008-09-24T00:16:00Z Markup by 2008-09-17T13:01:37Z Referred to 2007-07-11T14:00:50Z H. Rept. 110-871 National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 110 3387 S 2008-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2008-10-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-25 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2008-09-24 20:58:52 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-09-24 20:58:51 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8674-8675) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-24 20:58:51 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/23/2008 H8674-8675) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-24 20:58:50 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9406) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 20:25:55 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burgess objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. Floor H37210 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 20:18:56 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2994. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 20:18:55 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8674-8676) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 20:18:22 Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00567 2008-09-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-871. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-09-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-871. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-09-17 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2008-09-17 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 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[D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2008-09-16 False 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20263 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008</p> 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20263 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 17, 2008 Health Communication in medicine Conferences Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health education Higher education Medical education Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2007-07-11 Introduced in House 2007-10-03T18:24:38Z National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter 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; (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 for action that will reduce such barriers and improve pain care research, education, and clinical care.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Pain Consortium to: (1) establish a national agenda for research on the causes and effective treatments for pain; and (2) convene an annual conference of experts in pain research, treatment, and management to assess and make recommendations on NIH pain research activities and programs. Requires the Director of NIH to establish the National Pain Care Research Advisory Committee.

Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to: (1) collect protocols and evidence-based practices regarding pain care at all stages of life; and (2) disseminate such information to regulatory and enforcement agencies, health care programs, payor and providers, health professions schools, hospices, and the general public.

Allows the Secretary to provide for the development and implementation of programs to educate and train health care professionals in pain care.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national pain care education outreach and awareness campaign.

]]> 36 2008-09-24 Passed House amended 2009-01-10T16:48:46Z National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek to enter into 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 in the general population and in identified demographics groups that may be disproportionately affected by inadequacies; (3) identify barriers to appropriate pain care; and (4) establish an agenda for action 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. Requires a report summarizing the Conference's findings and recommendations to be submitted to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2010.

(Sec. 3) 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 submit to the Director of NIH recommendations on appropriate pain research initiatives that could be undertaken with funds available for such initiatives.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee to coordinate all efforts within Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies that relate to pain research. Directs the 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. Requires the Secretary to review the necessity of the Committee at least once every two years.

(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to make awards of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to health professions schools, hospices, and other public and private entities for the development and implementation of programs to provide education and training to health care professionals in pain care. Sets forth information and education that must be included in the program as a condition for receiving a grant.

(Sec. 5) 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 with respect to: (1) the incidence and importance of pain as a national public health problem; (2) the adverse physical, psychological, emotional, societal, and financial consequences that can result if pain is not appropriately assessed, diagnosed, treated, or managed; (3) the availability, benefits, and risks of all pain treatment and management options; and (4) having pain promptly assessed, appropriately diagnosed, treated, and managed and regularly reassessed with treatment adjusted as needed. Requires the Secretary, in designing such campaign, to: (1) take into account the special needs of geographic areas and underserved demographic groups; and (2) provide resources that will reduce disparities in access to appropriate diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2011.

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