Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Pain

Bill Sent To President: S.2162 Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A bill to improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes.

September 30, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: S.2162 Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.3387 National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008

2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6445 Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008

2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5465 Military Pain Care Act of 2008

2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

To require the Department of Defense to implement a pain care initiative, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5192 Children's Compassionate Care Act of 2007

2008-01-29T00:00:00Z

To improve the palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2160 Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007

2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pain care initiative in health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2162 Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008

2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.332 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs should increase their investment in pain management research.

2007-09-26T00:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs should increase their investment in pain management research.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.325 A resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

A resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.307 A resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

2007-09-05T00:00:00Z

A resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3442 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.

Bill Introduced: S.1943 A bill to establish uniform standards for interrogation techniques applicable to individuals under the custody or physical control of the United States Government.

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

A bill to establish uniform standards for interrogation techniques applicable to individuals under the custody or physical control of the United States Government.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3285 Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007

2007-08-01T00:00:00Z

To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2994 National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.159 Expressing the support of Congress for a National Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month.

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

Expressing the support of Congress for a National Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month.

Bill Introduced: S.742 Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007

2007-03-01T00:00:00Z

An act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.464 Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007

2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the requirements regarding advance directives in order to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are complied with, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.465 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007

2007-01-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating information about and assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other purposes.