S 3064In Committee
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025
Introduced October 28, 2025
Summary
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025This 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.
Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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