Mississippi House Bill 1389

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Insurance;Public Health and Human Services
Pending: House Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require All Health Benefit Plans To Develop A Plan To Provide Adequate Coverage And Access To A Broad Spectrum Of Pain Management Services, Including Nonopioid Medicinal Drugs Or Drug Products For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain, And Nonpharmacologic, Nonoperative Pain Management Modalities, That Serve As Alternatives To The Prescribing Of Opioid Drugs; To Require Health Benefits Plans To Provide Coverage Of At Least Two Alternative Prescription Medication Treatment Options Approved By The United States Food And Drug Administration (fda) For The Treatment Of Pain And At Least Three Alternative Nonpharmacologic Treatment Modalities; To Prohibit Health Benefits Plans From Establishing Utilization Controls, Including Prior Authorization Or Step Therapy Requirements, For Clinically Appropriate Nonopioid Medicinal Drugs Or Drug Products Approved By The Fda For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain, That Are More Restrictive Or Extensive Than The Least Restrictive Or Extensive Utilization Controls Applicable To Any Clinically Appropriate Opioid Drug; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Division Of Medicaid, In Establishing And Maintaining A Mandatory Preferred Drug List, To Ensure That No Nonopioid Drug Approved By The Fda For The Treatment Or Management Of Pain Will 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; And For Related Purposes.

Nonopioid drugs for pain management; require health plans and Medicaid to cover and not make use of more restrictive than for opioid drugs.

Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Insurance;Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	13	117	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1389.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1389IN.htm