National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.

7/11/2007--Introduced.
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.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
• and 56 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Nathan Deal [R, GA-9]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
  • Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
  • Rep. James Walsh [R, NY-25]
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 2 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2994

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 11, 2007		September 24, 2008

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• Oct 02, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Sep 25, 2008: Received in the Senate.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Sep 24, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/23/2008 H8674-8675)
• Sep 24, 2008: Considered as unfinished business.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Sep 24, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Sep 23, 2008: 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.
• Sep 23, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2994.
• Sep 23, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Sep 23, 2008: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Sep 23, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567..
• Sep 23, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-871.
• Added to calendar on Sep 17, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Sep 17, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jul 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Jul 11, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Jul 11, 2007.

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• Science policy
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• Federal aid to health facilities
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive reorganization
• Executive departments
• Education
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Conferences
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• Communication in medicine
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• Medicine

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