Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 190
       
       
        
       By Senator Sharief
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00601-26                                            2026190__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the impact of perimenopause and
    3         menopause on women’s health; creating s. 381.995,
    4         F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to establish
    5         a perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup;
    6         providing requirements for the workgroup; requiring
    7         the department, in collaboration with others, to
    8         develop and make publicly available on its website
    9         information relating to perimenopause and menopause;
   10         providing requirements for such information; providing
   11         an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 381.995, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         381.995 Perimenopause and menopause workgroup and
   18  information.—
   19         (1)(a) The Department of Health shall establish a
   20  perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup. The workgroup
   21  shall:
   22         1. Develop key messages relating to perimenopause and
   23  menopause.
   24         2. Set initiative priorities.
   25         3. Ensure, in conjunction with diversity and health equity
   26  stakeholders, that initiatives are representative of diverse
   27  communities of women and that the messaging resonates, is
   28  culturally appropriate, and is delivered by trusted messengers.
   29         4. Create a coordinated communications strategy to focus on
   30  multiple audiences and use a variety of communications tools to
   31  reach:
   32         a. Women and men of all ages.
   33         b. Employers.
   34         c. Medical providers.
   35         5. Consider dissemination points for information,
   36  including, but not limited to, personal trainers, yoga
   37  instructors, hairdressers, religious meeting places, and
   38  community centers.
   39         6. Support efforts to communicate the science on the safety
   40  of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and nonhormonal therapies
   41  in appropriate patients and their use in improving health for
   42  menopausal women.
   43         (b) The workgroup shall be composed of health care
   44  providers, women who have experienced perimenopause or
   45  menopause, advocates, and other interested parties and
   46  associations.
   47         (2) The Department of Health, in collaboration with the
   48  workgroup, the Office of Women’s Health, and relevant state
   49  agencies, shall develop and make publicly available, by posting
   50  on its website, resources and a website link to materials
   51  relating to perimenopause and menopause. The resources must
   52  include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
   53         (a) Accurate scientific information on perimenopausal and
   54  menopausal symptoms and treatment options.
   55         (b) Information on health risks associated with reduced
   56  estrogen production and what women can do to stay healthy.
   57         (c) A downloadable checklist that can be printed and taken
   58  to a clinician visit and that details recommended preventive
   59  care for women as they reach and move through midlife and
   60  provides a set of questions women may want to ask their
   61  clinician.
   62         (d) Content adapted from existing clinician-directed
   63  materials relating to perimenopause and menopause, other federal
   64  Offices of Women’s Health, and tools created by patient
   65  education and advocacy organizations.
   66         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.