3.0.0 2260 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z Senate S 2017-12-21 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-21T15:55:37Z Opioid Emergency Response Act 115 5531 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act 115 4733 HR 2018-01-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-12-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-03-08 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2018-03-08 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-04-11 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-04-16 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-04-23 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-07-26 False Health Charitable contributions Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Income tax credits Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prescription drugs Research administration and funding Research and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations User charges and fees Health 00 2017-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-11T20:02:11Z 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.

]]> Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act Display Title Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act Introduced in Senate 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2260is/xml/BILLS-115s2260is.xml 2017-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.