NOPAIN for Veterans Act
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Summary
The NOPAIN for Veterans Act amends federal law to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain non-opioid pain medications in its national formulary and drug standardization list. Specifically, the VA must add non-opioid pain management drugs or biological products to its formulary within one year of their becoming eligible for Medicare payment or federal regulatory approval. The bill defines non-opioid pain medications as FDA-approved drugs that reduce postoperative or postsurgical pain without acting on opioid receptors, and requires implementation within 90 days of enactment.
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