SB 598 — Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Tells some health insurers to cover a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. Tells the PTC to add to their suggestions a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment. Requires the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to include nonopioid prescription drug alternatives to opioid prescription drugs with the same utilization review requirements when making recommendations to the Oregon Health Authority for the preferred drug list and Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.
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Sponsors
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — sponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Levy, Emerson (D, OR-53) — cosponsor
- Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — cosponsor
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Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Grayber, Dacia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Levy, Emerson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nelson, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nosse, Rob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Campos, Wlnsvey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Levy, Emerson (D, state_lower OR-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Levy, Emerson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Grayber, Dacia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nosse, Rob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nelson, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship