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House committee advances task force to study emerging mental‑health therapies after broad testimony
Summary
The House Committee on Health advanced SB 3199 to create a task force to study emerging therapies — including psychedelic‑assisted treatments — and assigned the John A. Burns School of Medicine to lead the effort after wide testimony from veterans, clinicians and advocates.
The House Committee on Health on March 20 voted to advance Senate Bill 3199, creating a task force to study emerging mental‑health therapies and prepare the state for clinical, training and regulatory challenges should the federal government reschedule certain agents.
Committee action and agency assignment: The chair proposed and the committee adopted amendments making the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawai‘i the responsible entity to host the task force and designating the JABSOM appointee as task‑force chair. The committee also adopted technical amendments recommended by the Department of Law Enforcement to give the Narcotics…
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