S8894 • 2025

Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause

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Sponsor: Roxanne J. Persaud
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause

Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

What This Bill Does

Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

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Bill History

2026-06-01 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A10045
2026-05-27 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-26 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-21 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1321
2026-01-13 Senate
REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

Official Summary Text

Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause
Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8894

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD,  HARCKHAM, LIU -- 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:

     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 TYPES OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AVAILABLE  INCLUDING  BENEFITS,
     6  RISKS  AND  SIDE  EFFECTS;  AND CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USAGE OF
     7  HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    10  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    11  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    12  on or before such effective date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05389-02-6