RS 22:1060.7
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RS 22:1060.7
§1060.7. Prescription medication for pain
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when a licensed physician prescribes a nonopioid medication for the treatment of chronic pain, it shall be unlawful for a health insurance issuer to deny coverage of the nonopioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug.
B. When an opioid prescription is deemed medically necessary and prescribed by a licensed physician, it shall be unlawful for an insurer to deny a prescribed medication and attempt to substitute an alternative medication that requires any of the following:
(1)An increased number of pills per prescription.
(2)A higher Drug Enforcement Administration schedule medication than the one prescribed.
(3)The substitution of an immediate or extended release medication that does not have defined abuse deterrent properties for a prescription of a medication that does have defined abuse deterrent properties.
Acts 2018, No. 372, §1; Acts 2018, No. 372, §1; Acts 2025, No. 362, §1.