New York S 381: Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health services and resources available to employees

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S00381 Summary:

BILL NOS00381 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, JACKSON, RAMOS, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §201-j, Lab L

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Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers written materials regarding mental health services and resources available to employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidance for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees; provides that such guidance be in written and digital resources and in English or translated to an additional primary language or languages as applicable.

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BILL NOS00381 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO LABOR

02/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.466

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/12/2025PASSED SENATE

03/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/12/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.982

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/11/2026PASSED SENATE

05/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/11/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 381

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, JACKSON, RAMOS, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 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 a new section 201-j to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 201-j. Workplace mental health awareness and resources. 1. Posting
 4 of information regarding mental health awareness and resources.
 5 a. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the
 6 office of mental health, and the division of human rights, shall create
 7 and distribute written materials regarding mental health services and
 8 resources available to employees. Such materials shall include at mini-
 9 mum, signs and symptoms of mental health concerns, hotlines, websites,
 10 or other resources maintained by local, state or national organizations
 11 offering mental health services, and resources for information about
 12 federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws for employees with
 13 mental health related disabilities. Such written materials shall be
 14 translated into at least the twelve most common non-English languages
 15 spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state,
 16 based on the data in the most recent American Community Survey published
 17 by the United States Census Bureau.
 18 b. Every employer in the state shall post such materials in a place
 19 accessible to their employees and in a visually conspicuous manner.
 20 Where a significant number of employees have identified as their primary
 21 language a language for which such written materials have been trans-
 22 lated by the department, such written materials shall be posted in both
 23 English and such additional primary language or languages as applicable.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01224-01-5

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 1 2. Voluntary guidance for addressing mental health in the workplace.
 2 The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of
 3 mental health and the division of human rights, shall establish volun-
 4 tary guidance for employers to address mental health in the workplace.
 5 Such guidance shall contain, at minimum, strategies and tools for
 6 employers to reduce mental health stigma in the workplace, increase
 7 awareness of the signs and symptoms of mental health concerns, create a
 8 workplace environment inclusive of mental health related disabilities,
 9 and promote mental health wellness and stress management in the work-
 10 place. Such guidan