2025 Senate Bill 401

Health: pharmaceuticals; co-prescribing of naloxone with opioid drugs; require.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending section 17744b (MCL 333.17744b), as amended by 2024 PA 232.

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SB 401 expands access to opioid antagonists in Michigan by requiring prescribers to offer them to high-risk patients and clarifying who may receive, possess, and distribute these medications, with added legal protections for providers.

Introduced in the Senate

June 11, 2025

Introduced by Sens. Sylvia Santana (D-2) and Kevin Hertel (D-12)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

June 25, 2025

Reported with substitute S-1

June 26, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

July 1, 2025

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)

Received in the House

July 1, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Insurance