Assembly Bill A6603

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to designating the month of May "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A6603 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S156
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §168-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10622, S8871

2023-A6603 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

2023-A6603 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6603
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the  month
   of May as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  168-b
 to read as follows:
   § 168-B. DESIGNATION OF MONTHS OF COMMEMORATION. 1. A MONTH OF COMMEM-
 ORATION  IS A CALENDAR MONTH SO DESIGNATED BY THIS SECTION OR A CALENDAR
 MONTH IN ANY ONE YEAR SO DESIGNATED BY A PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OR
 RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY JOINTLY ADOPTED.
   2. A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A HOLIDAY OR HALF-HO-
 LIDAY BUT SHALL BE A MONTH SET ASIDE IN RECOGNITION AND SPECIAL HONOR OF
 A PERSON, PERSONS, GROUP, IDEAL OR GOAL.
   3. THE FOLLOWING MONTH SHALL BE A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION IN EACH YEAR:
 MAY, TO BE KNOWN AS "MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH".
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01092-01-3

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