Medicaid and health insurance insurers; create provisions effecting parity in the prescription of pain medication.

SB 2025 would have required Mississippi Medicaid and health insurers to ensure equal coverage for nonopioid pain medications compared to opioids. Specifically, it mandated that nonopioid drugs approved by the FDA for pain treatment could not be listed as "less covered" than opioids on preferred drug lists, and insurers must develop and submit plans covering at least two nonopioid drug options and three non-drug pain treatment alternatives (like physical therapy). Insurers would also need to publicly share these plans and avoid stricter prior authorization rules for nonopioid treatments than for opioids. However, the bill died in committee on February 3, 2026, and never took effect.