No Red Tape For Addiction Treatment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3522 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3522 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2025 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Red Tape For Addiction Treatment Act''. SEC. 2. PROVISION OF MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OR LIMITATIONS ON DOSAGE UNDER MEDICAID. (a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(29), by striking ``(2) and (3)'' and inserting ``(2), (3), and (4)''; and (2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(4) Provision of medication-assisted treatment without prior authorization.-- ``(A) In general.--A State plan (or a waiver of such plan) shall provide coverage of at least 1 formulation of each drug and biological product described in paragraph (1)(A) (which shall include, if available with respect to such a drug or biological product, a formulation that is