Nonopioid drugs; modifying certain restrictions on Medicaid drug formulary; prohibiting certain carriers from imposing specified utilization controls. Effective date.

Summary

The bill requires Oklahoma’s Medicaid program and carriers that run state employee flexible benefit plans to treat non‑opioid pain medications no more restrictively than opioid drugs. It bars denial of coverage for a non‑opioid drug in favor of an opioid and prevents carriers from adding extra prior‑authorization or step‑therapy requirements for those drugs. The goal is to improve access to non‑opioid pain treatments.

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