119th Congress
S. 3064
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Steve Daines(R-MT)
- Introduced
- Oct 28, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (5)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Added later (4)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC) · May 11, 2026
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · May 12, 2026
- Roger Marshall (R-KS) · May 18, 2026
- Tim Kaine (D-VA) · Jun 24, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025
This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for certain non-opioid drugs for chronic pain management.
Specifically, the bill requires such drugs to be covered without a deductible and to be placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier (if any). The bill also prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements (i.e., requiring prior approval from a plan) or step therapy requirements (i.e., requiring the use of alternative drugs before a drug is covered under a plan) with respect to such drugs.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Oct 28, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. - Oct 28, 2025
Introduced in Senate