Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2025
Medicaid and health insurance insurers; create provisions effecting parity in the prescription of pain medication.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIVISION OF MEDICAID, IN ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE PREFERRED DRUG LIST, SHALL ENSURE THAT NO NONOPIOID DRUG APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OR MANAGEMENT OF PAIN SHALL BE DISADVANTAGED OR DISCOURAGED WITH RESPECT TO COVERAGE RELATIVE TO ANY OPIOID OR NARCOTIC DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OR MANAGEMENT OF PAIN ON SUCH PREFERRED DRUG LIST; TO REQUIRE THAT ANY HEALTH INSURANCE INSURER OFFERING A HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN DEVELOP A PLAN TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT SERVE AS ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESCRIBING OF OPIOID DRUGS; TO REQUIRE SUCH AN INSURER TO FILE THE PLAN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE FOR APPROVAL; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH AN INSURER SHALL ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO PROVIDERS WITHIN ITS NETWORK AND TO MEMBERS ABOUT THE PAIN MANAGEMENT ACCESS PLAN AND SHALL MAKE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS PLAN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
MedicaidJan 8 to Feb 3 · stopped26 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.