2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 27-K - (2799-O - 2799-R) NEW YORK WELLNESS WORKS
2799-O - New York wellness works; program established.

 
    §  2799-o.  New  York  wellness works; program established. 1. The New
  York wellness works program  is  hereby  established  as  a  partnership
  between the state and employers to encourage health screening, education
  and  incentives  tailored  to  employees' specific needs to help promote
  health and prevent disease.
    2.  Upon  the  commissioner's  approval,   and   within   the   amount
  appropriated, the department shall make available grants for the purpose
  of  enabling  employers  to  develop  and implement health promotion and
  disease prevention initiatives. Such initiatives may include, but  shall
  not be limited to:
    (a)  the  compilation  of  individual  or  aggregate  employee  health
  profiles, on an individual voluntary  basis,  with  recommendations  and
  incentives  for  health  promotion  activities  based  on  individual or
  aggregate health information; or
    (b) specific screening, education and health incentives; or
    (c) such other employer-based health promotion and disease  prevention
  measures,  including  changes to the work environment and policy changes
  in the worksite, as the commissioner may approve in accordance with this
  article.
    3. The department may contract with an organization  or  organizations
  for  the  administration of the program, in accordance with the criteria
  for participation in said program as set forth in section  two  thousand
  seven hundred ninety-nine-q of this article.
    4.  In  addition to any amounts as may be appropriated for grants, the
  commissioner is authorized to seek and receive funds from  philanthropic
  foundations and other sources to further support such purposes.