North Dakota
State Facts
Deaths or 67% of total overdose deaths involved opioids in 2024.¹
Claims, or 3.06% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2022 – an average of 36 per prescriber.²
Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in North Dakota in 2023.³
Beneficiaries on Medicare Part D had Opioid Use Disorder in 2022.⁴
Opioid Settlement Funds
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
2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation
SB 2076
SB 2076 strengthens non-opioid pain treatment access by ensuring that sodium channel pain signal inhibitors cannot be subject to prior authorization, reducing barriers for patients seeking these pain management options.
Introduced
01/07/2025SB 2113
Directs the Department to conduct a pain study focused on moderate to severe acute pain and to improve outcomes and quality of care, including education and awareness of nonopioids.
Signed into law May 2, 2025.
Introduced
01/07/2025Voices Letters
Voices ND SB 2076.pdf
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