AL HJR472

Urges state agencies to examine how Alabama can improve citizen health and productivity by implementing recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's 2011 report "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research"

Addresses chronic pain affecting over 100 million American adults, including conditions like chronic lower back pain, fibromyalgia, and arthritis, which costs the nation up to $635 billion annually in health care costs and lost productivity

Identifies significant barriers to adequate pain care and millions of Americans receiving inadequate treatment, with potential savings achievable through better acute pain treatment, reduced workers' compensation costs, and decreased opioid abuse

Requires copies of the resolution be provided to the Alabama Department of Public Health and public medical schools in the state

Adopted by the House on May 10, 2012 and the Senate on May 16, 2012