New York senators have prefiled a bill for the 2025 session that would legalize psilocybin therapy for patients with qualifying conditions.
Under the proposal, intoduced by Sen. Nathalia Fernandez (D) and five cosponsors, people could receive psilocybin treatment from a certified facilitator in a clinical setting, or at their home if they’re unable to travel. Patients and facilitators would receive protections against state-level prosecution.
A Psilocybin Assisted Therapy (PAT) grant program would be established to “provide veterans, first responders, retired first responders, and low income individuals with the funding necessary to receive psilocybin and/or MDMA assisted therapy.”
The bill calls for $5 million in funding, “or so much thereof as may be necessary,” to support the grant program.
The state Department of Agriculture and Markets would launch and oversee a pilot program to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms that facilitators could access, with the intent of lowering costs.
Fernandez filed an earlier version of the bill last session, but it did not move out of committee. Only minor technical changes have been made in the latest iteration.
A memo attached to the previous legislation said that psychedelic medicine “gives a promising alternative to a crisis that is only being exacerbated in today’s
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