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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7164 

To advance population research for chronic pain. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2024 

Ms. CARAVEO (for herself and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To advance population research for chronic pain. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Research 

5 for Chronic Pain Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHRONIC PAIN INFORMATION SYSTEM. 

7 Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 399V–8. CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

12 with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 


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1 Prevention, the Director of the National Institutes of 

2 Health, and the heads of other agencies as the Secretary 

3 determines appropriate, shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) utilize available Federal research data to 

5 clarify the incidence and prevalence of chronic pain 

6 from any source, including injuries, operations, and 

7 diseases and conditions; 

8 ‘‘(2) identify gaps in the available research data 

9 and collect deidentified population research data 

10 using medical claims and survey data to fill gaps in 

11 available research data, such as information con12 cerning— 

13 ‘‘(A) incidence and prevalence of specific 

14 pain conditions; 

15 ‘‘(B) demographics and other information, 

16 such as age, race, ethnicity, gender, and geo17 graphic location; 

18 ‘‘(C) the incidence and prevalence of 

19 known chronic pain conditions, as well as of 

20 diseases and conditions that include or lead to 

21 pain; 

22 ‘‘(D) risk factors that may be associated 

23 with chronic pain conditions, such as genetic 

24 and environmental risk factors and other infor25 mation, as appropriate; 


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1 ‘‘(E) diagnosis and progression markers; 

2 ‘‘(F) both direct and indirect costs of ill3 ness; 

4 ‘‘(G) the epidemiology of the conditions; 

5 ‘‘(H) the detection, management, and 

6 treatment of the conditions; 

7 ‘‘(I) the epidemiology, detection, manage8 ment, and treatment of frequent secondary or 

9 co-occurring conditions, such as depressive, anx10 iety, and substance use disorders; 

11 ‘‘(J) the utilization of medical and social 

12 services by patients with chronic pain condi13 tions, including the direct health care costs of 

14 pain treatment, both traditional and alternative, 

15 and the indirect costs (such as missed work, 

16 public and private disability, and reduction in 

17 productivity); and 

18 ‘‘(K) the effectiveness of evidence-based 

19 treatment approaches on chronic pain condi20 tions; 

21 ‘‘(3) develop, in collaboration with individuals 

22 and organizations with appropriate chronic pain ex23 pertise, including patients or patient advocates, epi24 demiologists, representatives of national voluntary 

25 health associations, health information technology 


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1 experts, clinicians, and research scientists, standard 

2 definitions and approaches for population research 

3 on chronic pain to efficiently promote greater com4 parability of data; and 

5 ‘‘(4) disseminate, pursuant to the public 

6 webpage under subsection (b), and, as appropriate, 

7 to the public and to other Federal departments and 

8 agencies, any findings, developed population research 

9 standards, and available Federal data sources re10 lated to chronic pain. 

11 ‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary, acting 

12 through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

13 and Prevention, shall establish a public webpage, to be 

14 known as the Chronic Pain Information Hub, that— 

15 ‘‘(1) aggregates and summarizes available Fed16 eral data sources, indicators, and peer-reviewed re17 search related to chronic pain; 

18 ‘‘(2) includes an up-to-date summary of com19 plete, underway, and planned data collection and 

20 analysis related to chronic pain that is conducted 

21 and supported by the Centers for Disease Control 

22 and Prevention; and 

23 ‘‘(3) translates research findings into clinical 

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1 search standards for researchers, with recommenda2 tions updated annually to incorporate research find3 ings from the prior year. 

4 ‘‘(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—If an individual or 

5 organization that collaborates with the Secretary in car6 rying out subsection (a) receives a payment or other trans7 fer of value of a type described in section 

8 1128G(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Social Security Act from a man9 ufacturer of a drug (including a biological product) or de10 vice that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to 

11 section 1128G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, if the indi12 vidual or organization were a covered recipient or if such 

13 disclosure were required upon request of or by designation 

14 on behalf of a covered recipient pursuant to such section, 

15 the individual or organization shall disclose to the Sec16 retary information regarding such payment or other trans17 fer of value. The Secretary shall make such disclosures 

18 publicly available. 

19 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

20 of the enactment of the Advancing Research for Chronic 

21 Pain Act of 2024, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

22 Congress concerning the implementation of this section. 

23 Such report shall include information on— 

24 ‘‘(1) the development and maintenance of the 

25 Chronic Pain Information Hub; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the information made available through 

2 the Chronic Pain Information Hub; 

3 ‘‘(3) the data gaps identified, and planned ef4 forts to address such gaps; 

5 ‘‘(4) the process established for soliciting feed6 back from collaborators; and 

7 ‘‘(5) feedback received from collaborators. 

8 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘chronic 

9 pain’ means persistent or recurrent pain lasting longer 

10 than 3 months. 

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

12 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro13 priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

14 years 2024 through 2028.’’. 

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