New York A 3845: Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program for veterans and first responders and a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program fund; appropriation

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A03845 Summary:

BILL NOA03845A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01801-A

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SPONSORBurke

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Burdick, Fall, Hevesi, Conrad, Simon, Cruz, Maher, Simone, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3309-c, Pub Health L; add §99-uu, St Fin L

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Establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program; provides such program will be offered to veterans and first responders from New York state; establishes a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program fund.

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BILL NOA03845A

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01/30/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

01/08/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

01/08/2026print number 3845a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3845--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BURKE, McDONALD, BURDICK, FALL, HEVESI, CONRAD,
 SIMON, CRUZ -- 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 establishing a psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program
 for veterans and first responders and a psilocybin assisted therapy
 pilot program fund; and making an appropriation therefor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 3309-c to read as follows:
 3 § 3309-c. Psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 5 meanings:
 6 (a) "Certified medical use" includes use of medical psilocybin for a
 7 patient to treat or alleviate a patient's medical condition or symptoms
 8 associated with the patient's medical condition.
 9 (b) "Facilitator" shall mean a mental health counselor, psychoanalyst,
 10 psychologist, physician, physician assistant, registered professional
 11 nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, occupational ther-
 12 apist, occupational therapy assistant, licensed clinical social worker,
 13 or an individual with evidence of prior experience and knowledge in the
 14 field of psychedelic assisted therapy who has completed all requirements
 15 of this section.
 16 (c) "Medical psilocybin" shall mean psilocybin intended for a certi-
 17 fied medical use, as determined by the department.
 18 (d) "Pilot program" shall mean the psilocybin assisted therapy
 19 pilot program established under this section.
 20 (e) "Psilocybin" shall mean a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug
 21 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.
 LBD05253-06-6

 A. 3845--A 2

 1 genus Psilocybe. Such term shall include psilocin, the substance into
 2 which psilocybin is converted in the human body.
 3 2. (a) The department shall establish a psilocybin assisted therapy
 4 pilot program. Such pilot program shall provide patient participants, as
 5 described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, with the funding neces-
 6 sary to receive psilocybin assisted therapy. Such pilot program shall be
 7 terminated upon the approval of psilocybin for medical use by the feder-
 8 al drug enforcement administration, or any successor agency.
 9 (b) Participants in the pilot program shall include veterans, first
 10 responders and retired first responders.
 11 (c) The department shall scale the number of patient participants
 12 based on the outcomes of the pilot program and changes to federal laws,
 13 rules, regulations, and approvals.
 14 (d) The department shall implement the pilot program in partnership
 15 with the state university of New York's academic health centers which
 16 may include, but shall not be limited to, upstate medical university,
 17 downstate health sciences university, Stony Brook University and the
 18 university at Buffalo's Jacobs school of medicine and biomedical
 19 sciences.
 20 (e) The pilot program shal