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S.C.R. 5

Signed into Law

Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP Regarding Pain Medication

Sen. Todd Weiler
Sen. Todd WeilerBill Sponsor
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S.C.R. 5Signed into Law

Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP Regarding Pain Medication

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What This Bill Does

This resolution relates to non-opioid pain medication and state employee health coverage.

Key Provisions

This resolution:

  • directs the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to adjust the state employee health insurance plan related to non-opioid pain medication.

Plain-Language Summary

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This concurrent resolution directs Utah's Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program (PEHP) — the health insurance program for state employees — to make non-opioid pain medications no harder to access than opioid medications under the state health plan. Specifically, PEHP must include at least one non-opioid alternative for every opioid drug on its covered drug list, and cannot impose stricter cost-sharing, prior authorization, or other access requirements on non-opioid drugs than it places on opioids.