New York S 9145: Clarifies procedures affecting the first annual election of fire district officials to a board of fire commissioners

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S09145 Summary:

BILL NOS09145 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10223

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §32.40, Ment Hyg L

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Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act" which provides for the certification of an employer to become a recovery ready workplace.

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BILL NOS09145 

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02/06/2026REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

03/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9145

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
 Use Disorders

 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing the
 "recovery ready workplace act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "recovery ready workplace act".
 3 § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 32.40
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 32.40 Recovery-ready workplace program.
 6 (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms
 7 shall have the following meanings:
 8 1. "Employer" shall include any person, entity, corporation, limited
 9 liability company, or association employing any individual in any occu-
 10 pation, industry, trade, business or service.
 11 2. "Employee" means any person employed for hire by an employer in any
 12 employment.
 13 3. "Lived experience" means having first-hand experience living with
 14 mental health and/or substance use disorder and the associated chal-
 15 lenges.
 16 4. "Opioid use disorder" or "OUD" means a problematic pattern of
 17 opioid use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress and
 18 is a subset of SUD.
 19 5. "Member assistance program" means a labor union administered educa-
 20 tion and assistance program that provides support to members struggling
 21 with mental health or substance use problems.
 22 6. "Prevention" means a way of preventing substance misuse through
 23 strategies to reduce the risk of injury and stress in the workplace and
 24 address other factors that may increase the risk of substance misuse and
 25 through training and education to build a substance use disorder and
 26 recovery literacy.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00673-04-6

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 1 7. "Recovery" means a process of change through which individuals
 2 improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive
 3 to reach their full potential.
 4 8. "Recovery ready workplace advisor" means a person who is an employ-
 5 ee of or contractor for a recovery ready workplace program and whose
 6 duties include, but are not limited to, assisting employers through the
 7 process of becoming a certified recovery ready workplace.
 8 9. "Certified peer support advocate" means a person with the lived
 9 experience of recovery from a substance use disorder or co-occurring
 10 disorder and who is certified to provide non-clinical, strengths-based
 11 support to others experiencing similar challenges. "Certified peer
 12 support advocates" shall also be known as "peer specialists", "peer
 13 recovery coaches", and "peer recovery support specialists".
 14 10. "Recovery ready workplace" or "RRW" means an established program
 15 to prevent exposure to workplace factors that could cause or perpetuate
 16 a SUD while lowering barriers to seeking care, receiving care, and main-
 17 taining recovery, and to educate its management team and workers on
 18 issues surrounding SUDs to reduce the stigma around such challenge.
 19 11. "Substance use disorder" or "SUD" means the recurrent use of alco-
 20 hol and/or drugs that causes clinically significant impairment, includ-
 21 ing health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibil-
 22 ities at work, school, or home.
 23 12. "Workplace" means any site where an employee performs any wor