S 264: Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices by government agencies relating to persons recovering from substance use disorder.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 264 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to unlawful discriminato- ry practices by government agencies relating to persons recovering from substance use disorder The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 296-e 2 to read as follows: 3 § 296-e. Unlawful discriminatory practices by government agencies 4 relating to persons recovering from substance use disorder. 1. For the 5 purposes of this section: 6 (a) "Government agency" shall mean any department, division, board, 7 bureau, commission, office, agency, correctional facility, authority or 8 public corporation of the state or a county, city, town or village 9 government or any other instrumentality of local government or public 10 educational institution. 11 (b) "Substance use disorder" shall have the same meaning as set forth 12 in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law. 13 2. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for a government 14 agency employer to deny employment to a prospective employee solely on 15 the basis that such prospective employee is recovering from substance 16 use disorder. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00301-01-5