Assembly Bill A3581A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to medical use of psilocybin; appropriation

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A3581 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3520
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 33 Title 5-B §§3369-aa - 3369-jj, Pub Health L; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8569

2023-A3581 - Summary

Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.

2023-A3581 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3581
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE, LUPARDO, KELLES, DARLING, SIMON, FORREST,
   ZEBROWSKI, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RIVERA -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law and the state finance law, in
   relation to medical use of psilocybin;  and  making  an  appropriation
   therefor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 33 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
 new title 5-B to read as follows:
                                 TITLE V-B
                         MEDICAL USE OF PSILOCYBIN
 SECTION 3369-AA. DEFINITIONS.
         3369-BB. LAWFUL MEDICAL USE.
         3369-CC. CERTIFICATION OF FACILITATORS.
         3369-DD. EVALUATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REPORT BY DEPARTMENT.
         3369-EE. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
         3369-FF. PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF PSILOCYBIN.
         3369-GG. REGULATIONS.
         3369-HH. PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY GRANT PROGRAM.
         3369-II. NATURALLY GROWN MEDICAL PSILOCYBIN PILOT.
         3369-JJ. PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY ADVISORY BOARD.
   §  3369-AA. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "PSILOCYBIN"  MEANS  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.  "CARING  FOR" MEANS TREATING A PATIENT, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH THE
 PRACTITIONER HAS COMPLETED A FULL ASSESSMENT OF  THE  PATIENT'S  MEDICAL
 HISTORY AND CURRENT MEDICAL CONDITION.
   3.  "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.
 
              

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2023-A3581A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3520
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 33 Title 5-B §§3369-aa - 3369-jj, Pub Health L; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8569

2023-A3581A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to medical use of psilocybin; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy grant program; makes an appropriation therefor.

2023-A3581A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3581--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE, LUPARDO, KELLES, DARLING, SIMON, FORREST,
   ZEBROWSKI, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RIVERA, DICKENS, WALLACE, SEAWRIGHT,
   McDONALD, BRONSON, STIRPE, CLARK, CRUZ, FALL,  HEVESI,  CONRAD,  McDO-
   NOUGH,  DeSTEFANO,  MAMDANI,  BURDICK, GLICK, PAULIN, BENDETT, SAYEGH,
   MITAYNES, BORES, GIBBS, BLUMENCRANZ, BURGOS,  EPSTEIN,  DE LOS SANTOS,
   WEPRIN,  SANTABARBARA, SHRESTHA, RAGA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law and the state finance law, in
   relation to medical use of psilocybin;  and  making  an  appropriation
   therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 33 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
 new title 5-B to read as follows:
                                 TITLE V-B
                         MEDICAL USE OF PSILOCYBIN
 SECTION 3369-AA. DEFINITIONS.
         3369-BB. LAWFUL MEDICAL USE.
         3369-CC. CERTIFICATION OF FACILITATORS.
         3369-DD. EVALUATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REPORT BY DEPARTMENT.
         3369-EE. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
         3369-FF. PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF PSILOCYBIN.
         3369-GG. REGULATIONS.
         3369-HH. PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY GRANT PROGRAM.
         3369-II. NATURALLY GROWN MEDICAL PSILOCYBIN PILOT.
         3369-JJ. PSILOCYBIN ASSISTED THERAPY ADVISORY BOARD.
   §  3369-AA. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "PSILOCYBIN"  MEANS  A  NATURALLY  OCCURRING  PSYCHEDELIC  PRODRUG
 COMPOUND  PRODUCED BY FUNGI, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MEMBERS OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07859-02-3
              

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sjh260
9 months ago

As a registered nurse and doctor of nursing practice I fully support this bill. I served as a study guide on the NYU Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety trial, accompanying patients on therapeutic journeys with psilocybin, including preparation and integration, and got to witness the capacity for psilocybin to change people's lives in sublte and dramatic ways with a single dose (in the proper context). I believe decriminalization would be the most ethically appropriate option as it is our birthrite to commune with sacred medicine. But this is a first step. It will be essential to work with indigenous communities for guidance as they have been the keepers of these medicines for centuries, and to fund public education and harm reduction programs for the public.

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