Assembly Bill A5299A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health and wellness of employees

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5299 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§218-c & 218-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8675

2023-A5299 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers a poster, pamphlet, or other written materials regarding mental health and wellness of employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidelines for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees.

2023-A5299 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5299
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to workplace mental health
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding two new sections 218-c
 and 218-d to read as follows:
   § 218-C. POSTING OF INFORMATION REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS  AND
 RESOURCES.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE TO EMPLOYERS IN
 THIS STATE A POSTER, PAMPHLET,  OR  OTHER  WRITTEN  MATERIALS  REGARDING
 MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  WELLNESS OF EMPLOYEES. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE
 INFORMATION ABOUT  MENTAL  HEALTH  ISSUES  AND  RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  TO
 EMPLOYEES WITH POSSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  HOTLINES  AND  WEBSITES  MAINTAINED BY LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL
 ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS
 WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO THE AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT  (ADA).  EVERY  EMPLOYER  SHALL POST SUCH POSTER, PAMPHLETS OR
 OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS IN HIS OR HER ESTABLISHMENT OR  PLACE  OF  BUSI-
 NESS,  IN  A  PLACE ACCESSIBLE TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYEES AND IN A VISUALLY
 CONSPICUOUS MANNER.   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  TRANSLATE  SUCH  POSTER,
 PAMPHLETS, OR OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS INTO THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGL-
 ISH  LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   § 218-D. WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH.  THE COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH A
 FRAMEWORK AND VOLUNTARY STANDARDS FOR ADDRESSING MENTAL  HEALTH  IN  THE
 WORKPLACE TO REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, INCREASE PUBLIC, EMPLOYEE, AND
 EMPLOYER  AWARENESS  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  ISSUES, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO
 EMPLOYERS TO PUT IN PLACE STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE  MENTAL
 HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. SUCH STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS MAY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04549-02-3

2023-A5299A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§218-c & 218-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8675

2023-A5299A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers a poster, pamphlet, or other written materials regarding mental health and wellness of employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidelines for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees.

2023-A5299A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5299--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on  Labor  in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to workplace mental health

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding two new sections 218-c
 and 218-d to read as follows:
   § 218-C. POSTING OF INFORMATION REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS  AND
 RESOURCES.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE TO EMPLOYERS IN
 THIS STATE A POSTER, PAMPHLET,  OR  OTHER  WRITTEN  MATERIALS  REGARDING
 MENTAL  HEALTH  AND  WELLNESS  OF  EMPLOYEES.  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL BE
 DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE STIGMA AND MISINFORMATION  ABOUT  MENTAL  ILLNESS,
 IMPROVE  EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL DISORDERS AND
 THE EXISTENCE OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION  REGARDING
 AVAILABLE  RESOURCES  AND  HOW TO ACCESS THEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, THE 9-8-8 SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH  CRISIS  HOTLINE
 AND  OTHER  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  HOTLINES,  WEBSITES MAINTAINED BY LOCAL,
 STATE, OR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES,  AND
 THE  RIGHTS  OF  WORKERS  WITH  PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO THE
 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). EVERY EMPLOYER  SHALL  POST  SUCH
 POSTER,  PAMPHLETS, OR OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS IN SUCH EMPLOYER'S ESTAB-
 LISHMENT OR PLACE OF BUSINESS, IN A  PLACE  ACCESSIBLE  TO  HIS  OR  HER
 EMPLOYEES AND IN A VISUALLY CONSPICUOUS MANNER.
   §  218-D.  WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH  A
 VOLUNTARY  FRAMEWORK  AND  STANDARDS FOR ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE
 WORKPLACE TO REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, INCREASE PUBLIC, EMPLOYEE, AND
 EMPLOYER AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES,  AND  PROVIDE  GUIDANCE  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04549-03-4

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