Assembly Bill A8675

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8675 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§218-c & 218-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5299

2021-A8675 - 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.

2021-A8675 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8675
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 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.
   § 218-D. 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 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, AN EMPLOYER SPONSORED WEBSITE OR ONLINE PORTAL FOR RESOURCES
 AND   GUIDELINES   INCLUDED   IN   AN   EMPLOYEE   HANDBOOK,    POSTERS,
 WRITTEN/DIGITAL  RESOURCES  FOR  WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH, AND GUIDELINES
 REGARDING BEST PRACTICES FOR BUSINESSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2021-A8675A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§218-c & 218-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5299

2021-A8675A (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.

2021-A8675A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8675--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Labor -- 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  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
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, AN EMPLOYER SPONSORED WEBSITE OR  ONLINE
 PORTAL  FOR  RESOURCES  AND GUIDELINES INCLUDED IN AN EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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