If Bill 1998 passes, pain patients will be coming in every 3 days. No insurance will pay for that. If Bill 1998 passes, and your doctor does everything required by the Bill: #1. lists all medications tried and failed, #2. all the reasons you need an opioid pain reliever, #3. explains the medication assisted treatment options available should you become addicted, and #4. gives you the name of a good psychologist should you need one, he or she will still be liable for a criminal misdemeanor if: one of these inadvertently does not show up in the typed report of visit, whether due to clerical error, filing error, or distraction from an emergency. Translated: Few doctors will be willing to take that risk since the law has criminal penalties. The law is designed to ensure no patient without cancer will have access to pain medications beyond a 3 day supply.