File #: Int 2225-2021    Version: Name: Establishment of a plan for COVID-19 vaccination of homebound seniors, reporting on such plan, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Aging
On agenda: 2/11/2021
Enactment date: 3/28/2021 Law number: 2021/036
Title: A Local Law in relation to the establishment of a plan for COVID-19 vaccination of homebound seniors, reporting on such plan, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
Sponsors: Mark Treyger, Kalman Yeger , Ben Kallos, Robert F. Holden, Brad S. Lander, Paul A. Vallone, Vanessa L. Gibson, Margaret S. Chin, Farah N. Louis, Mark Gjonaj , Francisco P. Moya, Carlina Rivera
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene, or another designated agency, to establish a plan to vaccinate homebound seniors for COVID-19. That plan would be posted on the department’s website and provided to the Council. The Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene, or another designated agency, would also be required to report to the Council on implementation of the plan.
Indexes: Report Required, Sunset Date Applies
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2225-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 2225, 3. Int. No. 2225, 4. February 11, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-11-21, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 11, 2021, 7. Committee Report 2/17/21, 8. Hearing Testimony 2/17/21, 9. Hearing Transcript 2/17/21, 10. Proposed Int. No. 2225-A - 2/23/21, 11. Committee Report 2/25/21, 12. Hearing Transcript 2/25/21, 13. February 25, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-25-21, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 25, 2021, 16. Int. No. 2225-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 19. Local Law 36
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Int. No. 2225-A

 

By Council Members Treyger, Yeger, Kallos, Holden, Lander, Vallone, Gibson, Chin, Louis, Gjonaj, Moya and Rivera

 

A Local Law in relation to the establishment of a plan for COVID-19 vaccination of homebound seniors, reporting on such plan, and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. a. Definitions. For purposes of this local law, the term “COVID-19” means the 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.

b. The commissioner of health and mental hygiene, or other entity as designated by the mayor, shall establish a plan to vaccinate homebound seniors for COVID-19. Such plan shall be published on the website of the department of health and mental hygiene and provided to the speaker of the council no later than 30 days after the effective date of this local law.

c. No less frequently than once every 2 months after the plan is provided to the speaker of the council in accordance with subdivision b, the commissioner of health and mental hygiene shall provide a report to the speaker of the council on the implementation of such plan. Such report shall include a description of the vaccination efforts specifically serving homebound seniors, the number of doses administered and the total number of homebound seniors fully vaccinated through those efforts, disaggregated by zip code, and any obstacles to implementation of such plan.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and expires and is deemed repealed on June 30, 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

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