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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 190

Impact of Perimenopause and Menopause on Women’s Health
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SPONSOR
Sharief
FILED BY
Barbara Sharief — District 35, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Health Policy

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Impact of Perimenopause and Menopause on Women’s Health; Requiring the Department of Health to establish a perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup; requiring the department, in collaboration with others, to develop and make publicly available on its website information relating to perimenopause and menopause, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Requires the state to publish perimenopause and menopause health information online.

The Department of Health must create a perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup, made up of providers, advocates, and women who have experienced it, tasked with shaping public messaging and outreach priorities.

The department must also publish free, publicly available resources online covering perimenopause and menopause symptoms, treatment options, health risks of reduced estrogen, and a printable checklist for clinician visits.

The workgroup must consider spreading this information well beyond doctors' offices, naming personal trainers, yoga instructors, hairdressers, religious meeting places, and community centers as potential outreach points.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Health Department must publish menopause health resources online majors. 381.995(2)

AIThe department, working with the workgroup, the Office of Women's Health, and other state agencies, must develop and post free online resources on perimenopause and menopause, including scientific information on symptoms, treatments, and estrogen-related health risks.

“shall develop and make publicly available, by posting on its website, resources and a website link to materials relating to perimenopause and menopause” bill text, line 49 →
§ 2 Health Department must form a menopause policy workgroup moderates. 381.995(1)(a)

AIThe Department of Health must establish a perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup made up of health care providers, women who have experienced perimenopause or menopause, advocates, and other interested parties, tasked with developing messaging and setting outreach priorities.

“The Department of Health shall establish a perimenopause and menopause policy workgroup” bill text, line 19 →
§ 3 Workgroup must consider outreach beyond traditional medical settings moderates. 381.995(1)(a)

AIThe workgroup must consider a range of information-dissemination points beyond doctors' offices, expressly including personal trainers, yoga instructors, hairdressers, religious meeting places, and community centers, when planning outreach.

“Consider dissemination points for information, including, but not limited to, personal trainers, yoga instructors, hairdressers, religious meeting places, and community centers” bill text, line 35 →
§ 4 Workgroup must help communicate hormone therapy safety science moderates. 381.995(1)(a)

AIThe workgroup must support efforts to communicate the scientific evidence on the safety of hormone replacement therapy and nonhormonal therapies, and their role in improving health for menopausal women in appropriate patients.

“Support efforts to communicate the science on the safety of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and nonhormonal therapies” bill text, line 39 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Health Policy
1/13/2026
Introduced
11/3/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and...
10/14/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 381.995
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