Earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of the NYS Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus Program, which provides $1.3 billion for recruitment and retention bonuses to certain health care and mental hygiene workers, a key initiative in the Governor’s goal to increase the state’s health care workforce by 20 percent over the next five
years.Details and information about the Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus Program, including eligible worker titles and qualified employers, can be found on the NYS Department of Health website here:
