Section 10408. Grants for Small Business to Provide Comprehensive Workplace Wellness Programs

• Establishes a grant program for employers to provide their employees with access to comprehensive workplace wellness programs, which would include the following components:
  • Health awareness initiatives (including health education, preventive screenings, and health risk assessments).
  • Efforts to maximize employee engagement (including mechanisms to encourage employee participation).
  • Initiatives to change unhealthy behaviors and lifestyle choices (including counseling, seminars, online programs, and self-help materials).
  • Supportive environment efforts (including workplace policies to encourage healthy lifestyles, healthy eating, increased physical activity, and improved mental health).

March 23, 2010

Appropriation

Authorizes appropriations for $200,000,000 for

FYs

2011- 2015. Amounts appropriated remain available until fully expended.