March 2023

• NPAC’s Executive Director testified in both the Senate and House on SB 144 in Colorado, a bill designed to protect access to medication for people with pain.

• NPAC filed a comment on the Federation of State Medical Boards’ draft updated prescribing guidelines as part of an ongoing effort to work with the FSMB on its update.

• NPAC filed extensive comments on proposed rules issued by the Drug Enforcement Agency on telemedicine prescribing of controlled medications, warning of immense patient harm if the proposals are implemented.

• NPAC Community Leadership Council member, Quana Madison, and advisor, Dr. Sean Mackey, were featured in an article in Nature about chronic pain management.

• NPAC Community Leadership Council member, Charis Hill, and advisors, Dr. Sean Mackey and Dr. Stefan Kertesz were featured in a San Francisco Chronicle piece on barriers to medication and care.