Kansas | NonOpioidChoices

State Facts

330

Deaths, or 58.7% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹

655,601

or 4.31% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 57 per prescriber.²

52.8

Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Kansas in 2023.³

$19.4 Billion

the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Kansas in 2024.⁴

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$332,417,785.13

State Spending Recommendation

Funding for medical provider education and outreach regarding best prescribing practices for opioids consistent with the 2016 CDC guidelines, including providers at hospitals (academic detailing).

Member & Endorser Footprint

Voices is backed by a broad coalition of organizations across the state united by a shared goal: ensuring patients have access to safe, effective,  and individualized pain management throughout the continuum of care.

Co-Sponsors (119th)

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)

Rep. Derek Schmidt (R-KS-02)

2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation

HB 2364

Prohibits KS Medicaid from requiring cost-sharing for nonopioid prescription drugs or providing less favorable coverage for such drug than that for opioid or narcotic.

Introduced

07/02/2025

Plan Impact

Medicaid

Learn More

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html

4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf