On August 3, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the opening of the $1.2 billion dollar Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus Program aimed at rewarding and retaining frontline healthcare and mental hygiene workers. Passed as part of the FY2023 New York State Budget in April 2022, this program requires that eligible health care providers (see “Qualified Employers” below) administer and pay up to $3,000 in bonuses to full-time, part-time or independent contractor health care and mental hygiene practitioners, technicians, assistants, support staff, and aides who provide hands-on health or care services in New York State and earn less than $125,000 per year (see “Eligible Employees” below). In addition to the governor’s release announcing the opening of the program, which is codified in Part ZZ of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2022, the State Department of Health (DOH) launched an informative website with guidance aimed at rapidly implementing the program, with the first deadline for employers’ submissions coming up quickly on September 2, 2022.
Qualified Employers
Qualified Employers are: employers with at least one employee and that (1) bill under the state Medicaid plan; or (2) bill under the home or community-based services (HCBS) waiver; or (3) that bill for Medicaid through a managed care organization or managed long term care plan. Certain educational institutions or other funded programs may also be eligible. This definition includes providers,...
A Senate Democrat has proposed a bill to repeal the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit, which passed in President Donald Trump’s budget bill last year. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, made numerous ...