# 114-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.

114-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., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] (R-IN); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4641
- Congress: 114
- Title: 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.
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2016-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication. The task force must submit a report that includes: (1) a strategy for disseminating such best practices; (2) the feasibility of linking such best practices to Drug Enforcement Administration registration of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances; and (3) recommendations for effectively applying such best practices at medical facilities.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4641 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4641)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4641 (as of 2025-11-18).