Assembly Bill A4728

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain notices and guidelines regarding mental health and wellness of 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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2025-A4728 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§218-c & 218-d, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8675
2023-2024: A5299

2025-A4728 (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.

2025-A4728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4728
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- 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 BE
 DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE STIGMA AND MISINFORMATION  ABOUT  MENTAL  ILLNESS,
 IMPROVE  EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL DISORDERS AND
 THE EXISTENCE OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION  REGARDING
 AVAILABLE  RESOURCES  AND  HOW TO ACCESS THEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, THE 9-8-8 SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BEHAVIORAL  HEALTH  CRISIS  HOTLINE
 AND  OTHER  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  HOTLINES,  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 DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). EVERY EMPLOYER  SHALL  POST  SUCH
 POSTER,  PAMPHLETS, OR OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS IN SUCH EMPLOYER'S ESTAB-
 LISHMENT OR PLACE OF BUSINESS, IN A PLACE ACCESSIBLE TO SUCH  EMPLOYER'S
 EMPLOYEES AND IN A VISUALLY CONSPICUOUS MANNER.
   §  218-D.  WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH  A
 VOLUNTARY  FRAMEWORK  AND  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  FOR
 EMPLOYERS  ON  STRATEGIES  AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND
 WELLNESS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. SUCH STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS  MAY  INCLUDE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01224-02-5

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