File #: Int 0285-2002    Version: Name: Emergency Contraception
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 10/9/2002
Enactment date: 3/18/2003 Law number: 2003/019
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health to make available emergency contraception at its health centers, health stations, health clinics or other health facilities.
Sponsors: Christine C. Quinn, Eva S. Moskowitz, Eric N. Gioia, Gifford Miller, Diana Reyna, Tracy L. Boyland, Yvette D. Clarke, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Alan J. Gerson, Robert Jackson, G. Oliver Koppell, Margarita Lopez, Michael C. Nelson, Bill Perkins, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Philip Reed, James Sanders, Jr., Bill De Blasio, Gale A. Brewer, David Yassky, Melinda R. Katz, Betsy Gotbaum, Helen Sears, David I. Weprin, Larry B. Seabrook, Kendall Stewart
Council Member Sponsors: 26
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 12/16/02, 2. Hearing Transcript 12/16/02, 3. Committee Report 2/24/03, 4. Hearing Transcript 2/24/03, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting - 2/26, 6. Local Law, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
3/19/2003AChristine C. Quinn City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/18/2003AChristine C. Quinn Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/18/2003AChristine C. Quinn Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/26/2003AChristine C. Quinn City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/26/2003AChristine C. Quinn City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/24/2003*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Health Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/24/2003*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Health Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/24/2003AChristine C. Quinn Committee on Health Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/24/2003*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Health Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/16/2002*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Health Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/16/2002*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Health Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Christine C. Quinn City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2002*Christine C. Quinn City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 285-A

 

By Council Members Quinn, Moskowitz, Gioia, The Speaker (CM Miller), Reyna, Boyland, Clarke, Comrie, Gerson, Jackson, Koppell, Lopez, Nelson, Perkins, Recchia, Reed, Sanders, DeBlasio, Brewer, Yassky, Katz, The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum), Sears and Weprin; also Council Members Seabrook and Stewart

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health to make available emergency contraception at its health centers, health stations, health clinics or other health facilities.

 

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-184 to read as follows:

§ 17-184. Availability of emergency contraception. The department shall make available emergency contraception at each health center, health station, health clinic or other health facility operated or maintained by the department which also offers services relating to the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. For purposes of this section, the term “emergency contraception” shall mean one or more prescription drugs, used separately or in combination, to be administered to or self-administered by a patient in a dosage and manner intended to prevent pregnancy when used within a medically recommended amount of time following sexual intercourse and dispensed for that purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice, and which has been found safe and effective for such use by the United States food and drug administration.

§2. Effective date. This local law shall take effect one hundred twenty days after its enactment.

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