Bill Text: NY A05299 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - reported referred to ways and means [A05299 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05299-Introduced.html
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - reported referred to ways and means [A05299 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05299-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5299 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding two new sections 218-c 2 and 218-d to read as follows: 3 § 218-c. Posting of information regarding mental health awareness and 4 resources. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of 5 the office of mental health, shall create and distribute to employers in 6 this state a poster, pamphlet, or other written materials regarding 7 mental health and wellness of employees. Such materials shall include 8 information about mental health issues and resources available to 9 employees with possible mental health concerns including, but not limit- 10 ed to, hotlines and websites maintained by local, state or national 11 organizations offering mental health services, and the rights of workers 12 with psychiatric disabilities pursuant to the Americans with Disabili- 13 ties Act (ADA). Every employer shall post such poster, pamphlets or 14 other written materials in his or her establishment or place of busi- 15 ness, in a place accessible to his or her employees and in a visually 16 conspicuous manner. The commissioner shall translate such poster, 17 pamphlets, or other written materials into the six most common non-Engl- 18 ish languages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in 19 the state of New York. 20 § 218-d. Workplace mental health. The commissioner, in consultation 21 with the commissioner of the office of mental health, shall establish a 22 framework and voluntary standards for addressing mental health in the 23 workplace to reduce mental health stigma, increase public, employee, and 24 employer awareness of mental health issues, and provide guidance to 25 employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental 26 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. LBD04549-02-3A. 5299 2 1 include, but not be limited to, an employer sponsored website or online 2 portal for resources and guidelines included in an employee handbook, 3 posters, written/digital resources for workplace mental health, and 4 guidelines regarding best practices for businesses. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 6 it shall have become a law.