Florida
State Facts
Deaths or 78.2% of total overdose deaths involved opioids in 2024.¹
Claims or 3.9% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2022 – an average of 52 per prescriber.²
Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Florida in 2023.³
Beneficiaries on Medicare Part D had Opioid Use Disorder in 2022.⁴
Opioid Settlement Funds
The Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement has recommended increasing access to recovery housing, increasing access to peer support and recovery community organizations, and expanding data-sharing agreements to support real-time opioid-related surveillance and evaluation, among others.
Member & Endorser Footprint
Co-Sponsors (119th)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL-2)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL-21)
2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation
H.B.1093/S.B.1154
Requires Medicaid and Medicaid managed care plans to cover non-opioid pain medications in a way that doesn’t discourage their use compared to opioids. Defines what counts as a “non-opioid pain drug” and outlines practices that are not allowed when covering these medications.
Introduced
02/25/2025Plan Impact
Medicaid1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
2. Office of the Inspector General (2023). The Consistently Low Percentage of Medicare Enrollees Receiving Medication to Treat Their Opioid Use Disorder Remains a Concern. https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/evaluation/2722/OEI-02-23-00250-Complete%20Report.pdf
3. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083