State Drops ‘Landlord Rule’ for Psilocybin Patients After Public Outcry

The state Department of Health has dropped a proposed rule that would have required renters to get their landlord’s approval before receiving psilocybin treatment at home, a reversal announced Friday, Oct. 30. The announcement was made at an advisory board meeting on Friday, but no final draft of the rules has yet been published. Earlier this month, DOH told SFR the requirement “has not been an issue so far,” but the proposed rule drew more opposition than any other. Of the roughly 30 speakers at an Oct. 2 draft rules hearing, 13 objected to it. The department subsequently received about 80 written dissenting comments. “This was the area that we saw really the most comments with regard, is with the landlord attestation, for individuals who were renting housing,” Dominick Zurlo, director of DOH’s Center for Medical Cannabis and Psilocybin, said at Friday’s Medical Psilocybin Advisory Board meeting. “In consultation with our legal department ...

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