An Iowa Senate panel has approved a House-passed bill to create a state-regulated therapeutic psilocybin program for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advance the legislation from Rep. John Wills (R) in a voice vote on Thursday.
The panel adopted an amendment from Sen. Dennis Guth (R) to narrow the scope of the bill to allow only people with PTSD to access the psychedelic therapy instead of the broader version that was passed by the House last year.
The revised measure also eliminates provisions that would have created a new Psilocybin Production Establishment Licensing Board under the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to oversee the industry. Instead, the current Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board would take on the responsibility of regulating the psychedelic and be renamed to the Medical Controlled Substance Advisory and Licensing Board.
“I have some friends, some people I know, that I think would really benefit from this,” Guth said. “But we have to be careful how we proceed with this.”
Sen. Kara Warme (R), the chair of the panel, agreed, saying that the “bill is not done” and still needs some more work before it should be
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