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H.R. 5249

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STOP Pain Act
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Committee
Latest Action · May 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
May 16, 2016
Cosponsors (6)
4D 2R
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Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent Pain Act or the STOP Pain Act This bill authorizes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to intensify and coordinate NIH research into the understanding of pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium) for pain treatments. The prioritization and direction of federally funded pain research must consider recommendations made by the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee.

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