Bill > HB795

This bill requires the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to develop comprehensive regulations for healthcare professionals prescribing opioids, specifically focusing on guidelines for tapering patients off these medications. By December 31, 2025, the department must create rules consistent with the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, which will include specific instructions on when and how to reduce opioid doses, detailed tapering protocols and strategies, and other considerations for safely discontinuing opioid treatments. The department will be required to review and update these regulations every five years to ensure they remain current with medical best practices. The bill also includes standard administrative language ensuring that any rules created under this authority must comply with state legislative review processes, and that if any part of the rulemaking authority is found unconstitutional, the entire set of proposed rules would be invalidated. This legislation aims to provide standardized, evidence-based guidance for healthcare providers to help manage opioid prescriptions and patient transitions more safely and effectively.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB795&year=2025&code=R