Illinois Menopause Equity and Care Act: Protects against discrimination and mandates accommodations for menopause-related conditions.
The Illinois Menopause Equity and Care Act establishes protections against discrimination based on menopause-related conditions and mandates reasonable accommodations for affected individuals. It defines "menopause-related condition" to include perimenopause, menopause, and associated symptoms. Employers must provide reasonable accommodations unless doing so would cause undue hardship. The Act also requires health insurance policies to cover medically necessary evaluation and treatment of perimenopause and menopause.
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