New York S 3740: Relates to directing the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings County Medical Center

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S03740 Summary:

BILL NOS03740A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00521

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MAY, RHOADS

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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; defines terms; establishes the recovery-ready workplace program; provides criteria for employers to obtain certification as a recovery ready workplace; provides for employee involvement.

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BILL NOS03740A

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/15/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/15/2025PRINT NUMBER 3740A

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1616

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A521

&nbspA00521 AMEND= Steck

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

&nbsp02/11/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/27/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.282

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.282

&nbsp05/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2025REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S3740A

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1616

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025vetoed memo.117

&nbsp12/19/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3740--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, MAY, RHOADS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00673-03-5

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 1 6. "Prevention" means a way of preventing substance misuse through
 2 strategies to reduce the risk of injury and stress in the workplace and
 3 address other factors that may increase the risk of substance misuse and
 4 through training and education to build a substance use disorder and
 5 recovery literacy.
 6 7. "Recovery" means a process of change through which individuals
 7 improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive
 8 to reach their full potential.
 9 8. "Recovery ready workplace advisor" means a person who is an employ-
 10 ee of or contractor for a recovery ready workplace program and