STATE OF NEW YORK
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2698
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an
awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treat-
ing the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
3 (t) Hormone replacement therapy, including information on perimeno-
4 pause and menopause, associated symptoms, and potential health risks;
5 the value of hormone replacement therapy when used to treat the symptoms
6 of perimenopause and menopause; the types of hormone replacement therapy
7 available including benefits, risks and side effects; and current recom-
8 mendations for the usage of hormone replacement therapy and other rele-
9 vant information.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
14 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05389-01-5
