Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 428: Opioids - As enacted, authorizes an insurer, for purposes of group insurance plans offered to state employees, to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL); requires the insurer to ensure that a non-opioid drug approved by the U.S. food and drug administration for the treatment or management of pain is not disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to an opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of pain on the PDL. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

In committee Last action April 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278

Plain-language summary

SB 428 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Opioids - As enacted, authorizes an insurer, for purposes of group insurance plans offered to state employees, to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL); requires the insurer to ensure that a non-opioid drug approved by the U.S. food and drug administration for the treatment or management of pain is not disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to an opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of pain on the PDL. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.