S 3064 · 119th Congress — Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025 This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for certain non-opioid drugs for chronic pain management.…
- Congress
- 119
- Bill
- S 3064
- Status
- Introduced
- Introduced
- 2025-10-28
- Latest action date
- 2025-10-28
Summary
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025 This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for certain non-opioid drugs for chronic pain management. Specifically, the bill requires such drugs to be covered without a deductible and to be placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier (if any). The bill also prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements (i.e., requiring prior approval from a plan) or step therapy requirements (i.e., requiring the use of alternative drugs before a drug is covered under a plan) with respect to such drugs.
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Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Republican · Montana · Senate · Republican