Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 30, 2025 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A3845
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURKE
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
2025-A3845 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-A3845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3845 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program for veterans and first responders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3309-c to read as follows: § 3309-C. PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE" INCLUDES USE OF MEDICAL PSILOCYBIN FOR A PATIENT TO TREAT OR ALLEVIATE A PATIENT'S MEDICAL CONDITION OR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL CONDITION. (B) "FACILITATOR" SHALL MEAN A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, PSYCHOANALYST, PSYCHOLOGIST, PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE, CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OCCUPATIONAL THER- APIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, OR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH EVIDENCE OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED THERAPY WHO HAS COMPLETED ALL REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. (C) "MEDICAL PSILOCYBIN" SHALL MEAN PSILOCYBIN INTENDED FOR A CERTI- FIED MEDICAL USE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. (D) "PSILOCYBIN" SHALL MEAN A NATURALLY OCCURRING PSYCHEDELIC PRODRUG COMPOUND PRODUCED BY FUNGI, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEMBERS OF THE GENUS PSILOCYBE. SUCH TERM SHALL INCLUDE PSILOCIN, THE SUBSTANCE INTO WHICH PSILOCYBIN IS CONVERTED IN THE HUMAN BODY. 2. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE TEN THOUSAND PATIENT PARTICIPANTS, AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WITH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05253-01-5
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