The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop a mental health toolkit to help employers in the state address employee mental health needs that arise as a result of COVID-19. Such toolkit shall (1) identify common mental health issues that employees experience as a result of COVID-19, (2) identify symptoms of such mental health issues, and (3) provide information and other resources regarding actions that employers may take to help employees address such mental health issues. Not later than October 1, 2021, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall post such mental health toolkit on its Internet web site. As used in this section, “COVID-19” means the respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized by said organization as a communicable respiratory disease.