N.Y. Public Health Law § 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.