Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act of 2023

This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC and in coordination with other agencies, to advance population research on chronic pain by using existing federal data, collecting new deidentified data, developing standard definitions, and disseminating findings.

Sec. 2, National Chronic Pain Information System: The Secretary must use federal research data to clarify chronic pain incidence and prevalence, identify data gaps, and collect deidentified population data from medical claims and surveys on topics such as specific pain conditions, demographics, risk factors, costs, epidemiology, treatment, co-occurring conditions, service utilization, and treatment effectiveness. The Secretary must develop standard definitions and approaches for chronic pain research in collaboration with experts including patients, epidemiologists, and clinicians. Findings and standards must be disseminated on a public webpage called the Chronic Pain Information Hub, which aggregates federal data, summarizes CDC data collection, and translates research into clinical tools and annual recommendations. Individuals or organizations collaborating with the Secretary must disclose payments from drug or device manufacturers, and the Secretary must make these disclosures public. Within two years, the Secretary must report to Congress on the Hub's development, information made available, data gaps identified, and collaborator feedback. Chronic pain is defined as persistent or recurrent pain lasting longer than 3 months. Such sums as necessary are authorized for fiscal years 2024 through 2028.