Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act of 2024

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to advance population research on chronic pain by establishing a national information system. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use federal data, identify research gaps, and collect deidentified data to better understand chronic pain's incidence, prevalence, risk factors, costs, and treatments.

Sec. 2, National Chronic Pain Information System: The Secretary, consulting with CDC, NIH, and other agencies, must use existing federal data to clarify chronic pain incidence and prevalence from any source, including injuries, operations, and diseases. They must identify data gaps and collect deidentified population research data using medical claims and surveys on topics like demographics, risk factors, diagnosis markers, costs, epidemiology, treatment, co-occurring conditions (e.g., depression, substance use), service utilization, and treatment effectiveness. The Secretary must develop standard definitions and approaches for chronic pain research with experts including patients, epidemiologists, and clinicians. Findings and standards must be disseminated via a public webpage and to federal agencies.

The Secretary, through CDC, must establish a public webpage called the Chronic Pain Information Hub that aggregates federal data and research, summarizes CDC's data collection activities, and translates findings into clinical tools and research recommendations, updated annually.

Individuals or organizations collaborating with the Secretary must disclose any payments from drug or device manufacturers that would be reportable under the Social Security Act, and the Secretary must make these disclosures public.

Within two years of enactment, the Secretary must report to Congress on the Hub's development, information made available, data gaps identified, feedback processes, and collaborator feedback.

Chronic pain is defined as persistent or recurrent pain lasting longer than 3 months. Necessary sums are authorized for fiscal years 2024 through 2028.