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A06603 Summary:

BILL NO	A06603
SAME AS	SAME AS S00156
SPONSOR	Reyes
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add 168-b, Exec L
Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".

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A06603 Actions:

BILL NO	A06603
04/24/2023	referred to governmental operations
01/03/2024	referred to governmental operations

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A06603 Committee Votes:

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A06603 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6603
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     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:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  168-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 168-b. Designation of months of commemoration. 1. A month of commem-
     4  oration  is a calendar month so designated by this section or a calendar
     5  month in any one year so designated by a proclamation of the governor or
     6  resolution of the senate and assembly jointly adopted.
     7    2. A month of commemoration shall not constitute a holiday or half-ho-
     8  liday but shall be a month set aside in recognition and special honor of
     9  a person, persons, group, ideal or goal.
    10    3. The following month shall be a month of commemoration in each year:
    11  May, to be known as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".
    12    § 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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