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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1720
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
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:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
(T) HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PERIMENO-
PAUSE AND MENOPAUSE, ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS, AND POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS;
THE VALUE OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY WHEN USED TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS
OF PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE; THE TYPES OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
AVAILABLE INCLUDING BENEFITS, RISKS AND SIDE EFFECTS; AND CURRENT RECOM-
MENDATIONS FOR THE USAGE OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND OTHER RELE-
VANT INFORMATION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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