Relates to requiring CPR and AED training by youth league coaches

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Paula Kay and 2 co-sponsors

Requires clinicians to give a DOH-produced menopause informational pamphlet to women 40+ during annual exams, with DOH publishing it online.

REFERRED TO HEALTH

Summary of Bill A 3569 (New Jersey)

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Overview

Bill Number: A 3569

Title (as introduced): Relates to menopause and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes

Primary aim: To require distribution of menopause-related information to patients and ensure Department of Health (DOH) involvement in producing educational materials.

Status: Referred to Health (Assembly). Legislative actions show referrals in 2024 and 2025.

Purpose and intent

The bill seeks to improve patient education for women about menopause, perimenopause, and post-menopause.

It mandates that certain health care encounters include a standardized informational pamphlet prepared by the DOH.

Key provisions

Information distribution requirement:

Beginning 180 days after the bill’s effective date, a licensed health care professional who performs an annual physical examination on a female patient aged 40 or older must provide the patient with an informational pamphlet on perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause.
The pamphlet must be prepared and published by the DOH pursuant to the bill.

DOH publishing obligation:

Within 90 days after the bill’s effective date, the DOH must prepare and publish the informational pamphlet on its Internet website to facilitate dissemination.

Effect of the act:

The act states it shall take effect immediately.

Who is affected

Female patients aged 40 years and older undergoing annual physical examinations.

Licensed health care professionals conducting those annual exams (must provide the pamphlet during the visit).

The DOH as the producer and disseminator of the standardized pamphlet.

Implementation timeline and procedures

Effective date: Immediately (per the act’s text).

DOH publishing deadline: Within 90 days of the act’s effective date, DOH must publish the pamphlet on its website.

Clinical implementation: 180 days after the effective date, clinicians must provide the pamphlet during qualifying visits.

Legislative context and actions

Sponsors:

Primary: Angelo Santabarbara
Co-sponsors: John Lemondes, Paula Kay

Related bills and companions: S 2695 (companion), S 5638 (companion), A 4944 (prior-session)

Legislative actions:

Introduced in Assembly on February 8, 2024 (Committee: Assembly Community Development and Women’s Affairs)
Referred to Health (noted again on 2025-01-28)

Practical considerations and potential impact

Benefits: Standardized patient education on menopause could improve awareness and healthcare conversations around symptoms and management.

Burdens: Additional requirement on clinicians to provide pamphlets may have minor workflow implications; administrative resources required for DOH pamphlet production and website hosting.

Accessibility: Information publicly available via DOH website supports broad access to standardized menopause education.

Note

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