signs and symptoms, including the medically appro-
priate use of controlled substances; 
‘‘(2) applicable laws, regulations, rules, and 
policies on controlled substances, including the de-
gree to which misconceptions and concerns regarding 
such laws, regulations, rules, and policies, or the en-
forcement thereof, may create barriers to patient ac-
cess to appropriate and effective pain care; 
‘‘(3) interdisciplinary approaches to the delivery 
of pain care, including delivery through specialized 
centers providing comprehensive pain care treatment 
expertise; 
‘‘(4) cultural, linguistic, literacy, geographic, 
and other barriers to care in underserved popu-
lations; and 
‘‘(5) recent findings, developments, and im-
provements in the provision of pain care. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM
SITES.—Education and training 
under subsection (a) may be provided at or through health 
professions schools, residency training programs, and 
other graduate programs in the health professions, entities 
that provide continuing education in medicine, pain man-
agement, dentistry, psychology, social work, nursing and 
pharmacy, hospices, and such other programs or sites as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
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‘‘(e) EVALUATION
OF PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
shall (directly or through grants or contracts) provide for 
the evaluation of programs implemented under subsection 
(a) in order to determine the effect of such programs on 
knowledge and practice of pain care. 
‘‘(f) PEER REVIEW GROUPS.—In carrying out section 
799(f) with respect to this section, the Secretary shall en-
sure that the membership of each peer review group in-
volved includes individuals with expertise and experience 
in pain care. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section the 
term ‘pain care’ means the assessment, diagnosis, treat-
ment, or management of acute or chronic pain regardless 
of causation or body location.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
paragraph (C) of section 758(b)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this 
section) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘sections 753, 754, and 755’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 753, 754, 755, and 756’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘not less than $22,631,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 757(b) of the Public Health Service Act (as redes-
ignated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended by striking 
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‘‘754(3)(A), and 755(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘755(3)(A), and 
756(b)’’. 
SEC. 6. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON PAIN MANAGE-
MENT. 
Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 238 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 249. NATIONAL EDUCATION OUTREACH AND AWARE-
NESS CAMPAIGN ON PAIN MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than June 30, 
2008, the Secretary shall establish and implement a na-
tional pain care education outreach and awareness cam-
paign described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall design 
the public awareness campaign under this section to edu-
cate consumers, patients, their families, and other care-
givers with respect to— 
‘‘(1) the incidence and importance of pain as a 
national public health problem; 
‘‘(2) the adverse physical, psychological, emo-
tional, societal, and financial consequences that can 
result if pain is not appropriately assessed, diag-
nosed, treated, or managed; 
‘‘(3) the availability, benefits, and risks of all 
pain treatment and management options; 
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‘‘(4) having pain promptly assessed, appro-
priately diagnosed, treated, and managed, and regu-
larly reassessed with treatment adjusted as needed; 
‘‘(5) the role of credentialed pain management 
specialists and subspecialists, and of comprehensive 
interdisciplinary centers of treatment expertise; 
‘‘(6) the availability in the public, nonprofit, 
and private sectors of pain management-related in-
formation, services, and resources for consumers, 
employers, third-party payors, patients, their fami-
lies, and caregivers, including information on— 
‘‘(A) appropriate assessment, diagnosis, 
treatment, and management options for all 
types of pain and pain-related symptoms; and 
‘‘(B) conditions for which no treatment op-
tions are yet recognized; and 
‘‘(7) other issues the Secretary deems appro-
priate. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In designing and imple-
menting the public awareness campaign required by this 
section, the Secretary shall consult with organizations rep-
resenting patients in pain and other consumers, employ-
ers, physicians including physicians specializing in pain 
care, other pain management professionals, medical device 
manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies. 
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‘‘(d) COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) LEAD OFFICIAL.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate one official in the Department of Health and 
Human Services to oversee the campaign established 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY
COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure the involvement in the public awareness 
campaign under this section of the Surgeon General 
of the Public Health Service, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
such other representatives of offices and agencies of 
the Department of Health and Human Services as 
the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(e) UNDERSERVED AREAS AND POPULATIONS.—In 
designing the public awareness campaign under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) take into account the special needs of geo-
graphic areas and racial, ethnic, gender, age, and 
other demographic groups that are currently under-
served; and 
‘‘(2) provide resources that will reduce dispari-
ties in access to appropriate diagnosis, assessment, 
and treatment. 
‘‘(f) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may 
make awards of grants, cooperative agreements, and con-
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tracts to public agencies and private nonprofit organiza-
tions to assist with the development and implementation 
of the public awareness campaign under this section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.’’. 
Æ 
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