House bill NO. 751
INTRODUCED
BY K. Abbott
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO NONOPIOID ALTERNATIVES TO THE TREATMENT OF PAIN; and REQUIRING the DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON NONOPIOID ALTERNATIVES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Nonopioid alternatives to opioid prescriptions -- educational materials. The department of public health and human services shall develop and publish on its website an educational pamphlet regarding the use of nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of acute nonoperative, acute perioperative, subacute, or chronic pain. The pamphlet must, at a minimum, include:
(1) information on available nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of pain, including available nonopioid medicinal drugs or drug products and nonpharmacological therapies; and
(2) the advantages and disadvantages of the use of nonopioid alternatives.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 50, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 50, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [section 1].