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Welcome to the Oregon Psilocybin Services 2026 Spring Newsletter!
Oregon's State Health Improvement Plan
The 2025-29 Oregon State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) includes a strategy to Destigmatize psilocybin as a culturally responsive option for healing and wellness. The SHIP is a 5-year plan for improving the health of all people, of all ages, in all places in Oregon. It recognizes the diverse experiences of our population and strives to have inclusive strategies that benefit everyone.
OPS has created a SHIP Fact Sheet to describe how destigmatizing psilocybin supports public health goals and how OPS will work to measure progress on the SHIP strategy.
Come join us at our annual Public Listening Sessions!
Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) will hold two 90-minute virtual Public Listening Sessions in May:
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 6:00pm–7:30pm Pacific Time, and
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Friday, May 8, 2026, 11:00am–12:30pm Pacific Time
Public listening sessions are not part of the official rulemaking process. OPS is committed to robust public engagement and hosts these sessions to provide an opportunity for members of the public to share feedback on the ongoing administration of the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act (ORS 475A), including administrative rules.
OHA welcomes all participants. Spanish, American Sign Language, and CART Captioning will be available to encourage inclusive participation. If you have any questions about accommodations or need any assistance to participate please contact the Oregon Psilocybin Services team at 971-673-0322, 711 TTY, or OHA.Psilocybin@oha.oregon.gov.
For more information about how to participate, please go to the OPS Public Listening Sessions webpage.
The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board (OPAB) will meet on Friday, May 1, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Board members will be considering recommendations for 2026 rulemaking. All OPAB and subcommittee meetings are public meetings and meeting information can be accessed on the OPAB webpage.
OPS will convene Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) meetings July 6-9 to discuss draft rules. OPS plans to invite members of the public to apply to serve on the RACs in mid-May and applications will be due on June 5th. If you are interested in participating in 2026 rulemaking, please Subscribe to the OPS Distribution List to receive more information. The RAC application and meeting information will also be posted on the Administrative Rules and Rulemaking Process webpage.
The 2026 Legislative short session ended in March.
House Bill 4040 was passed by the Oregon Legislature and signed into law by the Governor on April 7, 2026. HB 4040 includes several changes related to psilocybin services.
- Beginning January 1, 2027, individuals that complete psilocybin facilitator training programs that have been approved by other states may now apply for facilitator licenses in Oregon as long as the OPS determines that the curriculum meets or exceeds Oregon requirements. This means that now students that complete Colorado-licensed training programs can apply for Oregon facilitator licenses on or after January 1, 2027, as OPS has determined that Colorado training program curriculum requirements meet or exceed Oregon requirements. ORS 475A.380.
- HB4040 adds Oregon Occupational Therapy Licensing Board and Oregon Board of Physical Therapy to dual licensure provisions created by HB 2387 in 2025. For more information please review the Dual Licensure and HB 2387 Fact Sheet.
- Finally, HB 4040 adds inclusion of a low dose data point into SB 303 data collection requirements for service centers to report on a quarterly basis. For more information on SB 303, please see the OPS SB 303 and Data Collection webpage.
We now have a full year of 303 client and service center data published on the OPS Data Dashboard. Demographic pages now include some new all time total snapshots.
    OPS plans to publish a full 2025 Data Summary and Year-in-Review in the coming months.
The Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs hosts a space dedicated to BIPOC instructors, facilitators and other trainers who focus on mental health, suicide prevention, and opioid misuse.
The collaborative focuses on networking, learning best practices, increasing accessibility to relevant community-based training, and learning how to identify and decrease barriers to access. Please fill out the BIPOC Collaborative Interest form to learn more.
OPS is interested in partnering with community based organizations to explore how we can work together to increase public awareness, community engagement, and collaborations to destigmatize the use of psilocybin as a culturally responsive option for healing and wellness. If you know of a community based organization that would like to join this conversation, please email us at: OHA.psilocybin@oha.oregon.gov
We welcome your feedback.
Please reach out with your comments or questions.
www.oregon.gov/psilocybin
 Oregon Psilocybin Services remains committed to Oregon Health Authority's mission of ensuring all people and communities can achieve optimum physical, mental, and social well-being through partnerships, prevention, and access to quality, affordable health care. Every change in federal administration presents potential disruptions to health care policy. Oregon Psilocybin Services wants to reassure community members and partners that it will continue to serve them and will keep them apprised of any potential federal changes that could impact the program. Oregon Psilocybin Services will continue supporting OHA's important work of expanding opportunity, improving well-being, and eliminating health inequities for all Oregonians.
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