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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont extends and expands the Psychedelic Therapy Advisory Working Group through 2025
Last action · March 11, 2025: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and WelfareSponsors: Martine Gulick and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont extends the tenure of the Psychedelic Therapy Advisory Working Group to January 1, 2026, expands its membership, and tasks it with monitoring national psychedelic research and proposing a pilot project for psilocybin-assisted therapies.
Extends an official state advisory body charged with evaluating the clinical use of psychedelics, requiring it to deliver updated legislative recommendations by November 15, 2025.
Who It Would Affect
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Psychedelic Therapy Advisory Working Group
The Working Group's tenure is extended, its membership is expanded, and its administrative duties and research scope are increased.
Vermont Department of Mental Health
The Department is tasked with assisting the Working Group in scheduling and staffing meetings and calling the first meeting by July 15, 2025.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 11, 2025SenateIntroducedRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
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Short-Term Advisory Continuation
The bill extends an existing working group for less than eight months, setting a hard termination date of January 1, 2026.
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- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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