| National Pain Care Policy Act Update
Our collective voices are making a difference! You may recall the National Pain Care Policy Act (HR 2994) that passed through the United States House in 2008 and was up for Senate vote when the 110th Congress ended. In early March 2009, the Act (renamed HR 756) passed through the United States House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee and is now being presented to the House and Senate.
The National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 would help the millions in the US who suffer from pain by authorizing a Pain Consortium at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to:
- expand research on causes and treatments for pain
- provide comprehensive pain care education and training for healthcare professionals
- create a national public awareness campaign on pain management
- authorize an Institute of Medicine conference on pain management
Over 100 organizations and thousands of individuals have joined forces in support of this bill to get it signed into law in 2009.
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Posted November 19, 2009
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