New York A 3775: Relates to medical use of psilocybin; appropriation

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A03775 Summary:

BILL NOA03775 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00495

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SPONSORBurke

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Shrestha, Burdick, Fall, Conrad, Simon, Cruz, Simone, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 33 Title 5-B §§3369-aa - 3369-jj, Pub Health L; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L

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

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BILL NOA03775 

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01/30/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3775

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 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 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:

 1 Section 1. Article 33 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 2 new title 5-B to read as follows:
 3 TITLE V-B
 4 MEDICAL USE OF PSILOCYBIN
 5 Section 3369-aa. Definitions.
 6 3369-bb. Lawful medical use.
 7 3369-cc. Certification of facilitators.
 8 3369-dd. Evaluation; research programs; report by department.
 9 3369-ee. Relation to other laws.
 10 3369-ff. Protections for the medical use of psilocybin.
 11 3369-gg. Regulations.
 12 3369-hh. Psilocybin assisted therapy grant program.
 13 3369-ii. Naturally grown medical psilocybin pilot.
 14 3369-jj. Psilocybin assisted therapy advisory board.
 15 § 3369-aa. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following
 16 terms shall have the following meanings:
 17 1. "Psilocybin" means a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug
 18 compound produced by fungi, including but not limited to members of the
 19 genus Psilocybe. Such term shall include psilocin, the substance into
 20 which psilocybin is converted in the human body.
 21 2. "Caring for" means treating a patient, in the course of which the
 22 practitioner has completed a full assessment of the patient's medical
 23 history and current medical condition.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01848-01-5

 A. 3775 2

 1 3. "Certified medical use" includes use of medical psilocybin for a
 2 patient to treat or alleviate a patient's medical condition or symptoms
 3 associated with the patient's medical condition.
 4 4. "License" means a written authorization as provided under this
 5 title permitting persons to engage in a specified activity authorized
 6 pursuant to this title.
 7 5. "Licensee" means an individual or an entity who has been granted a
 8 license under this title.
 9 6. "Medical psilocybin" means psilocybin intended for a certified
 10 medical use, as determined by the department.
 11 7. "Facilitator" means a mental health counselor, psychoanalyst,
 12 psychologist, physician, physician assistant, registered professional
 13 nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, occupational ther-
 14 apist, occupational therapy assistant, licensed clinical social worker,
 15 or an individual with evidence of prior experience and knowledge in the
 16 field of psychedelic assisted therapy who has completed all requirements
 17 under section thirty-three hundred sixty-nine-cc of this title.
 18 § 3369-bb. Lawful medical use. The use of medical psilocybin by a
 19 patient for certified medical use, shall be lawful under this title
 20 provided that:
 21 1. The psilocybin used by a patient shall have occurred in a clinical
 22 setting, including but not limited to, a facilitator's office or a
 23 hospital, under the supervision of a facilitator certified pursuant to
 24 section thirty-three hundred sixty-nine-cc of this title. Patients who
 25 are unable to travel may receive psilocybin treatment in the home. The
 26 course developed to certify facilitators by the department shall include
 27 regulations and recommendations for creating appropriate settings for
 28 psilocybin treatment;