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NY A09151
Bill
Status
10/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Creates a reasonable accommodation reimbursement grant program to reimburse eligible employers for costs of providing workplace accommodations to applicants or employees with disabilities
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Eligible employers must be domiciled in New York, have no more than 500 employees, and generate $5 million or less in gross annual revenue
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Maximum reimbursement is $30,000 per employer per fiscal year, with one-time accommodation expenses ranging from $250 to $15,000 per individual with a disability
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Appropriates $5 million to establish the reasonable accommodation reimbursement fund, with applications processed on a first-received, first-processed basis until funding is exhausted
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Requires the Commissioner of Labor to submit annual reports detailing the number and type of accommodations requested, costs, denials, and fund balance status
Legislative Description
Establishes a reasonable accommodation reimbursement grant program under which eligible employers may request a grant for reimbursement of expenses made for reasonable accommodations for applicants or employees with a disability; establishes a reasonable accommodation reimbursement fund for payment of such grants; makes an appropriation of $5,000,000 for such program.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026