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AZ SB1555

Bill

Status

Passed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Shope

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes to add section 36-2517.02, allowing crystalline polymorph psilocybin approved by the FDA and rescheduled by the DEA to a schedule other than Schedule I to be prescribed in Arizona.

  • Establishes that psilocybin compositions meeting FDA approval and DEA rescheduling criteria are controlled substances under Arizona law and may be prescribed by physicians.

  • Enactment is conditional on crystalline polymorph psilocybin being newly approved as a prescription medication under 21 U.S.C. § 355 and rescheduled by the DEA under an interim final rule by January 1, 2031.

  • Requires the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy to notify the Arizona Legislative Council by February 1, 2031 whether the federal approval and rescheduling condition was met.

  • Declares legislative intent that patients have rapid access to psilocybin treatment if it receives FDA approval and DEA rescheduling.

Legislative Description

Approved medication; rescheduling; controlled substance

Licensure

Last Action

Chapter 231

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/11/2025
Health and Human Services3/4/2025
Rules2/10/2025
Health and Human Services2/10/2025

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