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This bill, the Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act of 2024, aims to improve population-level research on chronic pain. The key provisions are: 1. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with relevant agencies, will utilize federal data to clarify the incidence and prevalence of chronic pain, identify gaps in research data, and collect deidentified population data on various aspects of chronic pain, including its epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and associated costs. 2. The Secretary will develop standard definitions and approaches for chronic pain population research to improve data comparability. 3. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will establish a "Chronic Pain Information Hub" website to aggregate and summarize federal data and research on chronic pain, as well as translate findings into clinical tools and recommendations. 4. The bill requires disclosure of any conflicts of interest by individuals or organizations collaborating with the Secretary on these efforts. 5. The Secretary will submit a report to Congress within 2 years on the implementation of these provisions. The overall goal is to improve the understanding of chronic pain at a population level to inform better prevention, detection, and treatment strategies.

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