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State Facts

939

Deaths or 72% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹

Over 873,000

Claims or 4.8% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 46 per prescriber.²

40

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

$46.3 Billion

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

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$610,525,628.87
State Spending Recommendation

Oregon’s Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery (OSPTR) Board will allocate 21-22% to harm reduction and overdose prevention, primary prevention, treatment, and recovery. The remaining 3-6% is directed towards research and evaluation; leadership, planning, and coordination; emerging issues; and administrative costs and expenses.

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. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)

Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)

Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02)

Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02)

2025 Introduced Relevant Legislation

SB 598

This legislation requires that state Medicaid and commercial insurance plans use the same utilization review and cost-sharing requirements for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment.

Introduced
01/10/2025
Plan Impact
Medicaid & Commercial
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HB 3211

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop and make available a nonopioid directive form.

Signed into law May 27, 2025.

 

Introduced
01/13/2025
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Voices Letters

SB 598 Letter of Support

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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 (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