New York A 9170: Requires course work or training in menopausal health for certain professions

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A09170 Summary:

BILL NOA09170 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRShimsky, Kay, Levenberg, Griffin, Kelles, Gonzalez-Rojas, McDonald, Seawright, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §267-c, Pub Health L; add §6505-f, amd §§7710, 8412 & 7607, Ed L

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Requires course work or training in menopausal health for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, mental health practitioners, psychologists and social workers.

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BILL NOA09170 

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10/17/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9170

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 October 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to requiring course work or training in menopausal health for certain
 professions

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 267-c to read as follows:
 3 § 267-c. Course work or training in menopausal health. (a) Every
 4 physician, physician assistant and specialist assistant practicing in
 5 the state shall, on or before July first, two thousand twenty-six and
 6 every four years thereafter, complete course work or training, appropri-
 7 ate to the professional's practice, approved by the department regarding
 8 menopausal health, including the stages of perimenopause, menopause and
 9 postmenopause, the common signs and symptoms, options for treatment and
 10 management and the potential impact on the patient's mental health.
 11 Such course work or training must also be completed by every medical
 12 student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state
 13 as part of the orientation programs conducted by medical schools,
 14 medical residency programs and physician assistant programs.
 15 (b) Every physician, physician assistant, specialist assistant,
 16 medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student must
 17 provide to the department documentation demonstrating the completion of
 18 and competence in the course work or training required under subdivision
 19 (a) of this section.
 20 (c) The department shall provide an exemption from the requirements
 21 imposed by subdivision (a) of this section to anyone who requests such
 22 an exemption and who (i) clearly demonstrates to the department's satis-
 23 faction that there would be no need for such person to complete such
 24 course work or training because of the nature of their practice or (ii)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07615-03-5

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 1 that such person has completed course work or training deemed by the
 2 department to be equivalent to the standards for course work or training
 3 approved by the department pursuant to this section. An individual
 4 granted an exemption must reapply to continue such exemption every four
 5 years.
 6 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-f to
 7 read as follows:
 8 § 6505-f. Course work or training in menopausal health. Every regis-
 9 tered nurse practicing in the state shall, on or before July first, two
 10 thousand twenty-six and every four years thereafter, complete course
 11 work or training appropriate to the professional's practice approved by
 12 the department regarding menopausal health in accordance with regulatory
 13 standards promulgated by the department, in consultation with the
 14 department of health, which shall be consistent, as far as appropriate,
 15 with such standards adopted by the department of health pursuant to
 16 section two hundred sixty-seven-c of the public health law. The depart-
 17 ment shall provide an exemption from this requirement to anyone who
 18 requests such an exemption and who (i) clearly demonstrates to the
 19 department's satisfaction that there would be