Add Art 33-C §3399, Pub Health L; add §99-uu, St Fin L
Establishes a research grant program to fund clinical trials of ibogaine for the treatment of veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder; creates a fund to provide monies for the research grant program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9583
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in
relation to providing a research grant to fund clinical trials of
ibogaine; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "veterans' ibogaine PTSD research grant program".
3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 33-C to
4 read as follows:
5 ARTICLE 33-C
6 VETERANS' IBOGAINE PTSD RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
7 Section 3399. Ibogaine research grant program.
8 § 3399. Ibogaine research grant program. 1. The commissioner, subject
9 to appropriation, shall establish and administer a competitive grant
10 program to fund United States Food and Drug Administration-compliant
11 clinical trials of ibogaine for the treatment of veterans for post-trau-
12 matic stress disorder (PTSD).
13 2. Grants shall only be awarded to entities capable of conducting
14 Phase II or Phase III trials and seeking FDA approval of ibogaine for
15 the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in the veteran popu-
16 lation.
17 3. No state funds shall be disbursed unless the grantee agrees to
18 provide dollar-for-dollar matching funds from non-state sources.
19 4. Preference shall be given to applicants that: (a) commit to estab-
20 lishing or maintaining a physical presence in New York for research,
21 manufacturing, or distribution; and (b) include veterans in trial
22 design, recruitment, and aftercare plans.
23 5. The commissioner shall convene an advisory committee, in consulta-
24 tion with the office of mental health and the office of addiction
25 services and supports, to review applications and make recommendations
26 for awards.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (a) The advisory committee shall include subject matter experts in
2 clinical trials, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatry, and veteran
3 mental health; philanthropic or private-sector partners; and one
4 appointee each by the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
5 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader
6 of the assembly.
7 (b) The advisory committee shall review applications, request supple-
8 mental information as needed, and recommend to the department the best-
9 qualified applicants to conduct ibogaine clinical trials. The department
10 shall consider but need not be bound by such recommendations.
11 6. The commissioner may accept gifts, grants, and donations to support
12 the program pursuant to section ninety-nine-uu of the state finance law.
13 7. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of the
14 office of mental health and the office of addiction and support
15 services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this
16 article.
17 § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-uu to
18 read as follows:
19 § 99-uu. New York state veterans' ibogaine PTSD research grant program
20 fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state
21 comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to
22 be known as the "New York state veterans' ibogaine PTSD research grant
23 program fund".
24 2. Such fund shall consist of all monies appropriated to such fund and
25 any grant, gift or bequest made to the fund.
26 3. Monies of the fund shall be available for the purposes of the
27 veterans' ibogaine PTSD research grant program, pursuant to section
28 thirty-three hundred ninety-nine of the public health law.
29 4. The monies of the fund shall be paid out on the audit and warrant
30 of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner
31 of health, or by an officer or employee of the department of health
32 designated by such commissioner.
33 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
34 deemed repealed ten years after such effective date; provided, however,
35 such act shall expire and be deemed repealed five years after the food
36 and drug administration approves ibogaine or an ibogaine derivative for
37 any indication, whichever occurs sooner; and provided, further, that the
38 commissioner of health shall notify the legislative bill drafting
39 commission upon the food and drug administration approving ibogaine or
40 an ibogaine derivative for any indication as provided for in this
41 section in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
42 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
43 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
44 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
