N.Y. Labor Law § 886: Training and education program on occupational safety and health

§ 886. Training and education program on occupational safety and

health. 1. There is hereby created a training and education program on

occupational safety and health.

2. The board shall, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision fourteen

of section twenty-seven-a of this chapter, provide grants to employers

(public or private), labor organizations or their federations, trade

associations, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions to

provide occupational safety and health education and training services

to employees and employers at locations throughout the state, including

education services as required under article twenty-eight of this

chapter, training and education for employees concerning the prevention

of occupational diseases and injuries, and any other services deemed

effective to promote the prevention of accidents and illness.

3. Apportionment of funds. (a) The department shall retain no more

than ten percent of the appropriated funds for the administration of

this program.

(b) Any funds reappropriated for the purposes provided in this article

which the commissioner determines to be unencumbered as of July first of

the year in which said grants lapse, shall, by January first of the next

succeeding year, be awarded to grantees in the same manner as all other

funds appropriated for this purpose in the same manner as other grants

under subdivision two of this section.