HB 1411 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, providing for perimenopause and menopause education.

PRINTER'S NO.   1612

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1411
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, SHUSTERMAN, PIELLI, HOHENSTEIN, GIRAL,
        SANCHEZ, PARKER, KRUEGER, KHAN, KENYATTA, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN,
        CERRATO, GREEN AND MADDEN, MAY 5, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 6, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Health
22      and its departmental administrative and advisory boards,
23      providing for perimenopause and menopause education.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
28   section to read:
 1      Section 2126.1.    Perimenopause and Menopause Education.--The
 2   Department of Health shall have the power, and its duty shall
 3   be, to:
 4      (1)    Enter into partnerships with health care providers,
 5   including obstetricians and gynecologists, and community-based
 6   health centers and hospitals to educate women on the symptoms,
 7   processes and other issues surrounding perimenopause and
 8   menopause so that women may be prepared for perimenopause and
 9   menopause.
10      (2)    Create informational materials in electronic and
11   physical form, in coordination with the partners described in
12   paragraph (1), which may be distributed to or accessed by women
13   who are determined by their health care provider to be
14   experiencing or are soon to be experiencing perimenopause and
15   menopause. The informational materials must include:
16      (i)    Symptoms of and treatments for perimenopause and
17   menopause.
18      (ii)    Symptoms of perimenopause and menopause for which a
19   woman would consult a health care provider.
20      (iii)     The biological process behind perimenopause and
21   menopause.
22      (iv)    How to talk to family and friends about perimenopause
23   and menopause.
24      (v)    Any other information that the Department of Health
25   deems necessary to prepare and educate women regarding
26   perimenopause and menopause.
27      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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