This bill requires that when a licensed health care professional acting within the scope of his or her license prescribes a nonopioid medication for the treatment of acute or chronic pain to an enrollee, it will be unlawful for a health benefit plan to: (1) Deny coverage of the nonopioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug; (2) Require the enrollee to try an opioid prescription drug before providing coverage of the nonopioid prescription drug; or (3) Require a higher level of cost-sharing for the nonopioid prescription drug than for an opioid prescription drug.