Senate Bill S1860

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health services and resources available to employees

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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-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-i, Lab L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7577

2023-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1860
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. BROUK, RAMOS -- 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:

   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 201-i to
 read as follows:
   § 201-I. WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND RESOURCES.  1.  POSTING
 OF INFORMATION REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND RESOURCES.
   A.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SHALL  CREATE
 AND  DISTRIBUTE  WRITTEN  MATERIALS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE AT  MINI-
 MUM,  SIGNS  AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, HOTLINES, WEBSITES,
 OR OTHER RESOURCES MAINTAINED BY LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL  ORGANIZATIONS
 OFFERING  MENTAL  HEALTH  SERVICES,  AND RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS  FOR  EMPLOYEES  WITH
 MENTAL  HEALTH  RELATED  DISABILITIES.   SUCH WRITTEN MATERIALS SHALL BE
 TRANSLATED INTO AT LEAST THE TWELVE MOST  COMMON  NON-ENGLISH  LANGUAGES
 SPOKEN  BY  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE STATE,
 BASED ON THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED
 BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.
   B. EVERY EMPLOYER IN THE STATE SHALL POST SUCH MATERIALS  IN  A  PLACE
 ACCESSIBLE TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYEES AND IN A VISUALLY CONSPICUOUS MANNER.
 WHERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES HAVE IDENTIFIED AS THEIR PRIMARY
 LANGUAGE  A  LANGUAGE  FOR WHICH SUCH WRITTEN MATERIALS HAVE BEEN TRANS-
 LATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, SUCH WRITTEN MATERIALS SHALL BE POSTED IN  BOTH
 ENGLISH AND SUCH ADDITIONAL PRIMARY LANGUAGE OR LANGUAGES AS APPLICABLE.
   2.  VOLUNTARY  GUIDANCE FOR ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE.
 THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
 MENTAL HEALTH AND THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SHALL  ESTABLISH  VOLUN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04549-01-3

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