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Montana

State Facts

100

Deaths or 60% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹

Nearly 225,000

Claims or 4.6% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 46 per prescriber.²

40.4

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

$10.3 Billion

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

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$140,549,604.26
State Spending Recommendation

National approved use: providing support for non-opioid pain treatment alternatives, including training providers to offer or refer to multi-modal, evidence-informed treatment of pain.

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. Steve Daines (R-MT)

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)

2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation

HB 774

HB 774 ensures equal access to opioid and nonopioid pain management treatments by prohibiting Medicaid and commercial insurance plans from disadvantaging or discouraging coverage for nonopioid drugs.

Introduced
02/25/2025
Plan Impact
Medicaid & Commercial
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Voices Letters

HB 774 Hearing Letter of Support

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://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f1051d23738c4980a08002bf301f7d8a

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