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establish provisions for the coverage of nonopioid prescription drugs.

Health insurers in South Dakota would be prohibited from denying coverage of nonopioid pain medications when a doctor prescribes them, and cannot place stricter prior approval requirements or higher patient costs on nonopioid drugs than they do on opioid drugs. This requirement applies to all health insurance policies delivered or renewed in the state and aims to encourage the use of safer pain management alternatives to opioids.

expand the information required to be sent to the prescription drug monitoring program for each registry identification card holder.

This bill requires the state to share additional information about medical cannabis cardholders with South Dakota's prescription drug monitoring program—specifically their name, address, date of birth, and registry identification card number. The change ensures that pharmacists and prescribers can see which patients have active cannabis registrations when reviewing their prescription histories.