SB 166 — An Act establishing the Alaska mental health and psychedelic medicine task force; and providing for an effective date.

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166(L&C)166 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY THESENATORS SENATEDUNBAR, LABORGray-Jackson, &Tobin COMMERCEIntroduced: COMMITTEE Referred:

Judiciary1/16/24 Sponsor(s):Referred:

SENATORSLabor DUNBAR,and Gray-Jackson,Commerce, TobinJudiciary A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act establishing athe legislativeAlaska task force on mental health and psychedelic medicine;medicine task force;

(a) The Alaska mental health and psychedelic medicine task force is established asin athe taskDepartment force of theCommerce, AlaskaCommunity, Stateand Legislature.Economic Development.

The purpose of the task force is to prepare(1) forassess the potential medicalizationuse of psychedelic medicinesmedicine byin addressing the Unitedstate's Statesongoing Foodmental andhealth Drugcrisis; Administration;

to make policy recommendations to the Alaska State Legislature concerning insurance and licensure, given the unique nature of the administration of psychedelic medicines;

and to ensure the state is prepared if psychedelic medicines become available for prescription.

The task force shall (1) assess the potential use of psychedelic medicine in addressing the state's SB0166B -1- CSSB 166(L&C) New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1062\P ongoing mental health crisis;

(3) consider and recommend licensing and insurance requirements for practitioners in the state in the event that psychedelic medicines are federally reclassified and SB0166A -1- SB 166 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1062\S approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;

and (4) consider legal and regulatory changespathways thatto couldthe belegalization necessaryof psychedelic medicines in the statestate, afterand federalthe medicalpotential approvaleffects of psychedelicthe medicines.medicines on public health.

(5) two members representing the health care needs of Alaska Native communities, selected by the board of directors of the Alaska Native Health Board;Board, one of whom must be a recognized indigenous ethnoherbalist;

(8) one member representingof psychiatricthe nursefaculty practitioners,of selectedthe bydivision of population health sciences at the boardUniversity of directorsAlaska, ofselected by the Alaskapresident Advancedof Practicethe RegisteredUniversity Nurseof Alliance;Alaska;

(9) one member representingof licensedthe therapistssenate orappointed counselors, selected by the boardpresident of directors of the Alaskasenate; Addiction Professionals Association;

(10) one member of the facultyhouse of therepresentatives divisionappointed of population health sciences at the University of Alaska, selected by the presidentspeaker of the Universityhouse of Alaska;representatives;

(11) oneup memberto ofthree members selected by the senatetask appointedforce, byonce assembled, that the presidenttask force determines would serve the purpose of the senate;task force;

(12) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

CSSB 166(L&C) -2- SB0166B New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1062\P (13) up to three members selected by the task force, once assembled, that the task force determines would serve the purpose of the task force;

(e) Members of the task force serve without compensation.compensation but are entitled to per diem SB 166 -2- SB0166A New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1062\S and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.

and (2) onensure ormembers beforeare Decemberavailable 31,for 2024,legislative submithearings; to the senate secretary, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the governor a report consisting of its recommendations, and notify the legislature that the report is available.

(g)and The(3) taskon forceor terminatesbefore whenDecember 31, 2024, submit to the Firstsenate Regularsecretary, Sessionthe chief clerk of the Thirty-Forthhouse Alaskaof Staterepresentatives, Legislatureand convenes.the governor a report consisting of its recommendations, and notify the legislature that the report is available.

(g) The task force terminates when the First Regular Session of the Thirty-Fifth Alaska State Legislature convenes.

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