State Bill Tracker

Across the country, states are introducing legislation to ensure access to non-opioid treatments and therapies. These policy efforts, often referred to as “pain parity” legislation, address the health insurance barriers many patients face when trying to access non-opioid treatment options.

The state legislative page includes introduced and passed legislation that ensures non-opioid pain treatments are not disadvantaged or discouraged for the treatment of pain relative to opioid treatments. Use the filters to learn more about state legislation.

2025 - Introduced

Wisconsin A.B. 499/S.B. 492

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for at least two FDA-approved non-opioid prescription medication treatment options and three alternative nonpharmacological treatment modalities.
Prohibits utilization controls that are more restrictive or extensive than the least restrictive or extensive utilization controls for opioids.
Requires health insurers to provide information about the pain management access plan to enrollees and health care providers and to make the plan available on its website.

State Regulated Commercial Parity

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