Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3414 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/08/2022

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 3414 	By: Pae, Phillips, Rosecrants, 
McEntire, Martinez, 
Dempsey, Dollens, Humphrey, 
Echols, Talley, McDugle , 
Davis, Manger, Walke, 
Brewer, and Munson of the 
House 
 
   and 
 
  Paxton of the Senate   
 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to public health and safety; 
authorizing certain governmental entities to conduct 
research or medical trials r elated to psilocybin and 
psilocin; specifying certain medic al conditions for 
which research or clinical trials authorized; 
authorizing universities or institutions of higher 
education to enter into memoranda of agreement; 
imposing requirements with respect to studies; 
requiring registration with the Oklahoma State 
Department of Health; requiring license; prescribing 
requirements for registration information; providing 
for nonrefundable fee; specifying fee amount; 
providing for duration of re gistration; requiring 
additional registration with the Oklahoma Department 
of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; prescribing 
content of registration; authorizing nonrefundable 
fee; prescribing fee amount; requiring administrative 
rules; providing immunity for certain persons 
conducting activity pursuant to valid license; 
providing for written certifications; prescribing 
content thereof; providing for expiration of 
certifications; providing immunity to certain persons 
for participation in clinical trials; providing for 
certain quantities of substance as basis for 
immunity; providing for applicability of Uniform 
Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; providing for 
assertion of affirmative defense; providing for 
effect of registrations; requiring written reports; 
imposing deadline; providing for confidentiali ty of   
 
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certain personal information; requiring enumerated 
agencies to maintain confidentiality with respect to 
information; and providing for codification. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3600 of Title 63, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows: 
A.  Universities, institutions of higher education located in 
Oklahoma, and research facilities that have entered into a 
memorandum of agreement with a university or ins titution of higher 
education located in Oklahoma are hereby authorized to conduct 
scientific research and medical trials on psilocybin and psilocin 
for the treatment of persons eighteen (18) years of age or older who 
suffer from the following: 
1.  Post-traumatic stress disorder;  
2.  Treatment-resistant/refractory depression; 
3.  Treatment-resistant/refractory anxiety; 
4.  Treatment-resistant/refractory obsessive compulsive 
disorder; 
5.  Traumatic brain injury;  
6.  Early stage dementia; 
7.  Palliative care;  
8.  End-of-life care;    
 
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9.  Opioid use disorder; or 
10.  Moderate to severe chronic pain. 
B.  Each university and institution of higher education l ocated 
in Oklahoma shall be permitted to enter into no more than one 
memorandum of agreement with a research facility for the purposes of 
conducting research pursuant to this act.  
C.  In conducting such research as described in subsection A of 
this section, the studies shall: 
1.  Perform clinical trials on the therapeutic efficacy of using 
psilocybin or psilocin in the treatment of the aforementione d 
medical conditions; 
2.  Review the current literature regarding: 
a. the safety and efficacy of using psiloc ybin or 
psilocin in the treatment of the aforementioned 
medical conditions, and 
b. the access persons have to psilocybin and psilocin for 
the treatment of the aforementioned medical 
conditions; and 
3.  Examine the science of cultivation, synthesis, extraction, 
and processing of psilocybin an d psilocin as well as the fungi, 
yeasts, and other naturally occu rring source organisms of these 
molecules. 
D.  1.  Eligible entities as described in subsection A of this 
section shall register with the State Department of Health for a   
 
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license prior to and for the purposes of gro wing, studying, 
processing, and/or dispensing psilocybin-containing fungi or other 
naturally occurring source organisms, or studying, extracting, 
synthesizing, and/or dispensing psilocybin or psil ocin.  The 
registration submission information shall include: 
a. the name and address of the resea rch facility, 
b. a research-university-approved prospectus, and 
c. certification from the university's or institution of 
higher education's institutional revi ew board if human 
trials are part of the research . 
2.  By registering, the registrant acknowledges and agrees that: 
a. the information contained in th e registration 
submissions may be provided to law enforcement 
agencies, and 
b. the registrant shall submit an annual report detailing 
compliance with annual regulation requirements . 
3.  The Department shall collect a one-time nonrefundable fee of 
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) from the registrant at the time of 
application, and the applicant shall, upon completion of 
registration, register with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics 
and Dangerous Drugs Control with a fee of Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00), to be paid annually so long as the research re mains 
active.   
 
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4.  Registration pursuant to this act is valid for one (1) year, 
effective from confirmation and receipt of both the State Department 
of Health registration and Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and 
Dangerous Drugs Control registration . 
5.  Within fourteen (14) busin ess days of receiving their State 
Department of Health registration and receipt of confirmation of 
Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control 
registration, cultivators of psilo cybin- or psilocin-containing 
fungi or plants shall also reg ister with the Oklahoma Department of 
Agriculture, Food, and For estry (ODAFF).  ODAFF registrations shall 
include:  
a. the name and address of the cultivation facility ,  
b. a copy of the approved research prospectus submitted 
to the State Department of Health, and 
c. copies of the State Department of Health registration 
and Bureau registration. 
6. The ODAFF shall collect a one-time nonrefundable fee of One 
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) from the cultivator licensee at the time 
of registration. 
7.  Should the registrant change facility locations for the 
cultivation, testing, synthesis, storage , or dispensing of 
psilocybin or psilocin, it shall report such changes within fourteen 
(14) business days to the State Department of Health and to the 
Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.   
 
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8.  The State Department of Health shall promulgate rules and 
regulations necessary to implement the program authorized herein. 
9.  Researchers and physicians operating under a valid 
registration issued in accordance with this act shall not be subject 
to arrest, prosecution, or any civil or administrative penalty, for 
the possession, cultivation, synthesis, extraction, or distribution 
of psilocybin and psilocin insofar as their conduct is in compliance 
with the provisions of this act. 
E.  1.  A written certification shall be issued to persons 
qualifying for participation by a physician participating in a 
clinical trial described herein. Such written certification shall 
contain the following: 
a. the name, address, and telephone number of the issu ing 
physician, 
b. the name and address of the patient issued the 
certification, 
c. the date on which the written certification was made,  
d. the signature of the physician,  
e. the quantity of psilocybin or psilocin to be 
dispensed, and 
f. the form of psilocybin or psilocin to be dispensed. 
2.  Such written certification issu ed pursuant to this act shall 
expire one (1) year after its issuance unless such written 
certification specifies an earlier date of exp iration.   
 
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F.  Persons with a valid written certificatio n for participation 
in a clinical trial as autho rized by this act shall not be subject 
to arrest, prosecutio n, or any civil or adminis trative penalty, for 
the possession of psilocybin and psilocin insofar as their 
possession is in compliance with the provi sions of this act.  A 
person without a registration license as described in subsection D 
of this section, without a written certification for participation 
in a clinical trial as described in subsection E of this section, or 
otherwise not in complian ce with the provision s of this act who is 
in possession of less than o ne and one-half (1.5) ounces of 
psilocybin- or psilocin-containing fungi or p lants shall be subject 
to no more than a civil penalty of Four Hundred Dollars ( $400.00); 
however possession in amounts more than one and one-half (1.5) 
ounces of psilocybin - or psilocin-containing fungi or plants or 
their unlawful distribution shall remai n subject to the penalties as 
stated under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Subs tances Act. 
G.  In any prosecution involving psilocybin or psilocin as 
those terms are defined in subsection C of Section 2-204 of Title 63 
of the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall be an affirmative def ense that 
the person is in possession of psilocybin or psilo cin pursuant to 
this act.  Researchers so charged shall file a copy of their State 
Department of Health registration and Bureau registration pursuant 
to this act with the court of jurisdiction at least ten (10) days 
prior to trial.  Such registrations shall be presumptive evidence   
 
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that the psilocybin or psilocin was possessed pursuant to this act. 
Persons participating in a clinical trial who are so charged shall 
file a copy of their written certi fication pursuant to this act with 
the court of jurisdiction at least ten (10) days prior to trial. 
Such written certification shall be presumptive evidence that 
psilocybin or psilocin was possessed pursuant to this act.  
H.  Study researchers shall submit a written report containing 
the results of the studies conducted under this act and any 
recommendations for legislative or other actions not later than 
December 1, 2025. 
I.  Researching entities shall ensure any protected health 
information collected during the clinical trial s done in accordance 
with this act does not personally identify any individual.  
J.  The State Department of Health, the Oklahoma State Bureau 
of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma Department of 
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, and any other state agency w ith 
access to the research programs authorized by this act shall n ot 
release or allow to be released through inaction any protected 
health information.  The protected health information of cl inical 
trial participants shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records 
Act.   
 
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of March, 2022. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2022. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate