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Senate committee backs resolution urging PHP to cover at least one non‑opioid pain drug
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted to favorably recommend SCR 5, a concurrent resolution asking the public employee health plan to include at least one clinically appropriate non‑opioid prescription option on its formulary beginning with the 2027 plan year; industry and medical groups testified in support.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted to favorably recommend SCR 5, a concurrent resolution directing the Public Health Plan (PHP) to provide parity between opioids and at least one clinically appropriate non‑opioid prescription option, with an implementation date beginning in the 2027 plan year.
Supporters told the committee the measure would expand safe pain‑management choices for patients and encourage development of non‑addictive medicines. Chad Duncan, a pharmacist who said he works on health economics and outcomes research at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, told the…
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