Texas | NonOpioidChoices

State Facts

2,042

Deaths, or 44.3% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹

4.1 Million

Claims, or 3.8% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 44 per prescriber.²

32.2

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

$187 Billion

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

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$2,801,767,198.29

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. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX-11)

Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX-14)

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX-22)

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29)

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