S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5436
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, the labor law and the public health
law, in relation to preventing discrimination and increasing awareness
of menopause and perimenopause
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 296 of the execu-
tive law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer,
licensing agency, employment agency or labor organization to refuse to
provide reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities, [or] preg-
nancy-related conditions, OR MENSTRUAL-RELATED OR MENOPAUSAL-RELATED
CONDITIONS of an employee, prospective employee or member in connection
with a job or occupation sought or held or participation in a training
program.
§ 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-j to read as
follows:
§ 201-J. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
FOR MENSTRUAL-RELATED AND MENOPAUSAL-RELATED CONDITIONS. EVERY EMPLOYER
SHALL PROVIDE EACH EMPLOYEE AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET ON ANY REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX OF THE EXECUTIVE
LAW RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES FOR MENSTRUAL-RELATED AND MENO-
PAUSAL-RELATED CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE DUTY OF SUCH EMPLOYER TO
PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. SUCH PAMPHLET SHALL BE PREPARED BY
THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUDE RESOURCES FOR
EMPLOYEES IF EMPLOYEES FEEL THAT SUCH EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST.
§ 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 267-c to
read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 267-C. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS CONCERNING MENOPAUSE AND PERIMENO-
PAUSE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE PHYSICAL OR ONLINE INFORMATIONAL
MATERIALS ABOUT MENOPAUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE, AND THE SYMPTOMS OF MENO-
PAUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE, TO BE PROVIDED TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGISTS. SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS SHALL
DISTRIBUTE SUCH INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS TO WOMEN PATIENTS WHO ARE
BETWEEN THE AGES OF THIRTY-FIVE AND SIXTY, INCLUSIVE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.