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S 557: Relates to designating the month of May as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month".
What S 557 does, verified May 6, 2026
The bill designates the month of May as a month of commemoration, known as "maternal mental health awareness month". This month is set aside to recognize and honor maternal mental health. The bill does not create a holiday, but rather a month to raise awareness and show special honor for this important issue. The changes take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-05-04)Alert me
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| May. 04, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| May. 04, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| May. 04, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jan. 27, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Jan. 21, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 245 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 557 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BROUK, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, HELMING, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance 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. LBD01733-01-5
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