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Rep. Nagel says information program for non‑opioid pain care aims to improve outcomes; insurance official says fiscal impact indeterminate
Summary
Representative Dave Nagel told the committee his bill would steer patients to covered non‑opioid therapies and reduce long‑term opioid use. Michelle Heaton of the Insurance Department said the panelized plan focuses on access and prior‑authorization changes; the fiscal note was characterized as indeterminable.
Representative Dave Nagel, the bill's sponsor and a clinician, framed House Bill 241 as a long‑running, bipartisan effort to broaden access to non‑opioid pain‑management options and to provide a roadmap for patients and providers.
"The question was never the concept, but how?" Nagel said, describing work with stakeholders and citing evidence from a VA pilot he said showed a 38% reduction in opioid use and fewer spine procedures. He described the bill as…
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