Coverage of Prescription Drugs for Pain

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Coverage of Prescription Drugs for Pain; Defines "nonopioid pain drug"; requires Medicaid program & Medicaid managed care plans, respectively, to provide coverage such that nonopioid pain drugs are not disadvantaged or otherwise discouraged relative to any opioid or narcotic drug for pain management or treatment; specifies prohibited practices in relation to such coverage.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 25, 2025HouseFiled
2. Mar 4, 2025House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3. Mar 5, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
4. Mar 5, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee · House Health Care Budget Subcommittee
5. Mar 5, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee · House Health & Human Services Committee
6. Mar 5, 2025CommitteeNow in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
7. May 3, 2025HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
8. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Karen Gonzalez PittmanR Primary sponsor · District 65