File #: Int 1006-2023    Version: Name: Mental Health Roadmap Legislative Package - Providing outreach and education regarding mental health and behavioral health services.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
On agenda: 4/27/2023
Enactment date: 7/23/2023 Law number: 2023/108
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing outreach and education regarding mental health and behavioral health services
Sponsors: Erik D. Bottcher, Linda Lee, Keith Powers , Kevin C. Riley, Carlina Rivera , Farah N. Louis, Amanda Farías, Lincoln Restler, Shahana K. Hanif, Crystal Hudson, Diana I. Ayala, Robert F. Holden, Gale A. Brewer, Sandra Ung, Rita C. Joseph, Shaun Abreu, Alexa Avilés, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Sandy Nurse, Tiffany Cabán, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Eric Dinowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 22
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop and implement a public awareness campaign and conduct outreach on mental health and behavioral health programs in New York City that provide low-cost and no-cost services, specifically to those who do not qualify for health insurance based on federal guidelines. The awareness campaign and outreach would include explanations on how individuals can access services, such as through referrals from primary care providers.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1006-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1006, 3. Int. No. 1006, 4. April 27, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-27-23, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 27, 2023, 7. Committee Report 5/4/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 5/4/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 5/4/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1006-A - 6/1/23, 11. Committee Report 6/22/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 6/22/23, 13. June 22, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-22-23, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 22, 2023, 16. Int. No. 1006-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 19. Local Law 108
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
7/25/2023AErik D. Bottcher City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/23/2023AErik D. Bottcher Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AErik D. Bottcher City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AErik D. Bottcher City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Erik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Erik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Erik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AErik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/4/2023*Erik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/4/2023*Erik D. Bottcher Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Erik D. Bottcher City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Erik D. Bottcher City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1006-A

 

By Council Members Bottcher, Lee, Powers, Riley, Rivera, Louis, Farías, Restler, Hanif, Hudson, Ayala, Holden, Brewer, Ung, Joseph, Abreu, Avilés, Sanchez, Nurse, Cabán, Brooks-Powers and Dinowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing outreach and education regarding mental health and behavioral health services

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.21 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.21 Mental health and behavioral health services outreach and education. The department shall establish and implement an outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness about programs that provide low-cost and no-cost mental health services to New Yorkers who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance based on federal guidelines. Such outreach and education shall include, as applicable, an explanation of how individuals may access such services, including, but not limited to, through referrals from primary care providers. The materials for such outreach and education campaign shall be made available in English and the designated citywide languages, as defined in section 23-1101.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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