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Michigan

State Facts

1,309

Deaths, or 69.6% of total overdose deaths involved opioids in 2024.¹

2.4 Million

Claims, or 4.57% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2022 – an average of 53 per prescriber.²

47.9

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

37,611

Beneficiaries on Medicare Part D had Opioid Use Disorder in 2022.⁴

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$1,605,250,645.25
State Spending Recommendation

Prevent inappropriate prescribing of drugs with addictive potential.

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.

Cosponsors (119th)

Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI-01)

Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI-01)

2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation

Senate Bill 551

SB 551 prohibits Michigan Medicaid from disadvantaging or discouraging coverage of non-opioid prescription drugs compared to opioids or narcotics for the treatment or management of pain, including through stricter utilization controls such as prior authorization or step therapy. The legislation also requires that newly FDA-approved non-opioid pain drugs be added to the Michigan Medicaid preferred drug list within 90 days.

Introduced
09/17/2025
Plan Impact
Medicaid
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Senate Bill 552

SB 552 prohibits private health insurers from disadvantaging or discouraging coverage of non-opioid prescription drugs compared to opioids or narcotics for the treatment or management of pain, including through stricter utilization controls such as prior authorization or step therapy. The legislation also mandates timely formulary inclusion of non-opioid pain drugs within 90 days of FDA approval.

Introduced
09/17/2025
Plan Impact
Private
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Voices Letters

Support for SB 551 & SB 552

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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 (2024). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083

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. 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