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To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.
1/11/2023, 1:32 PM
Congressional Summary of HR 4641
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to: (1) review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication; and (2) examine and identify the need for, development of, and availability of medical alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications).
The task force must submit a report that includes: (1) the modified and updated best practices; (2) a strategy for disseminating the best practices; (3) the feasibility of linking the best practices to Drug Enforcement Administration registration of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances; (4) recommendations for effectively applying the best practices at medical facilities; and (5) recommendations regarding medical alternatives to opioids.Read the Full Bill
Current Status of Bill HR 4641
Bill HR 4641 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since February 26, 2016. Bill HR 4641 was introduced during Congress 114 and was introduced to the House on February 26, 2016. Bill HR 4641's most recent activity was Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. as of May 12, 2016
Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 4641
Total Number of Sponsors
1Democrat Sponsors
0Republican Sponsors
1Unaffiliated Sponsors
0Total Number of Cosponsors
2Democrat Cosponsors
1Republican Cosponsors
1Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 4641
Primary Policy Focus
HealthPotential Impact Areas
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government studies and investigations
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Medical research
- Prescription drugs
Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 4641
To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.
To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.
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Sponsors and Cosponsors of HR 4641
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