Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Psilocybin Production Establishment Licensing Board within the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Highlights:

• Establishes a Psilocybin Production Establishment Licensing Board within the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1-34).

• Specifies that the board shall operate similarly to the existing Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board that oversees Iowa’s medical cannabis program (Sec. 1-34).

• Authorizes the board shall grant licenses for the production and administration of products with psilocybin to people with certain mental health needs in the state (Sec. 1-34).

• Establishes new requirements for who can access the substance, including an age 21 restriction and a limit of 5,000 patients who can be recommended for psilocybin treatment (Sec. 1-34).

• Extends and expands the ability of the board to approve illnesses other than PTSD that could be treated with psilocybin, and would allow for more psilocybin compounds to be added as legally available (Sec. 1-34).

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