Senate Bill S3740A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the "recovery ready workplace act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S3740 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A521
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §32.40, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8381, A9063

2025-S3740 - Summary

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

2025-S3740 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3740 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3740
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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
 
 AN ACT to establish the "recovery ready workplace act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "recovery ready workplace act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that:
   1.  Recovery ready workplace (RRW) programs have been initiated around
 the country as important interventions in the opioid use disorder  (OUD)
 and substance use disorder (SUD) crisis.
   2.  The  goal  of  RRW  programs is to provide outreach, training, and
 certification to employers in  cooperation  with  government  officials,
 workers, labor unions, and communities to:
   (a) prevent initiation of new cases of misuse and addiction related to
 workplace  injury  and  stress through primary prevention of exposure to
 job hazards and stressors;
   (b) support employees who  are  struggling  and  retain  employees  by
 providing access to treatment and pathways to return to work;
   (c) provide healthy, gainful employment for people in recovery; and
   (d)  reduce  absenteeism,  presenteeism,  and  lost productivity among
 employees with substance use disorder.
   3. Workers with painful injuries have frequently  been  overprescribed
 opioids, resulting in as many as twenty-five percent of workers develop-
 ing opioid dependence and OUD or SUD.
   4.  RRW  programs address the prevention of addiction related to work-
 place injury and stress while also providing support for workers who are
 struggling and opportunities for people in recovery to reenter the work-
 force.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00673-02-5
 S. 3740                             2
              

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2025-S3740A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A521
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §32.40, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8381, A9063

2025-S3740A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S3740A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3740A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3740--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "recovery ready workplace act".
   § 2. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new  section  32.40
 to read as follows:
 § 32.40 RECOVERY-READY WORKPLACE PROGRAM.
   (A)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "EMPLOYER" SHALL INCLUDE ANY PERSON, ENTITY,  CORPORATION,  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ANY OCCU-
 PATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS OR SERVICE.
   2. "EMPLOYEE" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED FOR HIRE BY AN EMPLOYER IN ANY
 EMPLOYMENT.
   3. "LIVED EXPERIENCE" MEANS HAVING FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE  LIVING  WITH
 MENTAL  HEALTH  AND/OR  SUBSTANCE  USE DISORDER AND THE ASSOCIATED CHAL-
 LENGES.
   4. "OPIOID USE DISORDER" OR  "OUD"  MEANS  A  PROBLEMATIC  PATTERN  OF
 OPIOID  USE LEADING TO CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPAIRMENT OR DISTRESS AND
 IS A SUBSET OF SUD.
   5. "MEMBER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" MEANS A LABOR UNION ADMINISTERED EDUCA-
 TION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MEMBERS  STRUGGLING
 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
 S. 3740--A                          2
              

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