Senate Health & Human Services
The Senate Health & Human Services Committee took testimony on Senate Bill 31, which would automatically align Colorado's drug schedule with the federal government whenever the FDA approves and the DEA reschedules a psychedelic-based medication; at the sponsor's request the bill was held for action only, with no vote taken.
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“This bill doesn't legalize anything. It doesn't bypass safety standards. It doesn't remove oversight. What it does is align Colorado law with federal law, ensuring that when the FDA approves a medication and the DEA assigns it a schedule other than Schedule 1, Colorado automatically recognizes that same status.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenate Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Mr. Brown, please call the roll. Senators Bright. Good morning. Carson. Excused. Utter. Present. Doherty. Excused. Grizzell. Essent. Judah Weissman. Good morning. Michaelson. Janae essent. Mr. Jar Malika. Here. Members, we do have a bill, Senate Bill 31 before us. We just for the committee's knowledge, we're going to take testimony on this bill today. But at the sponsor's request, we're going to lay this over for action only so that there can be, I think, a little bit more work done on it. But we did want to get testimony done today as this was on the calendar and so we have both of our sponsors here who would like to start us off. Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you members for hearing this bill today. The the goal of the bill is to expand anxiety and mental health medications through the use of FDA approved psychedelics. Mental health is a striking and growing issue within the United States, including 60 million adults affected by mental illness. Among these diagnoses include generalized anxiety disorder, depression and ptsd, which can affect vulnerable population such as veterans. Current…
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