File #: Int 0895-2023    Version: * Name: Expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 1/19/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections
Sponsors: Pierina Ana Sanchez, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Farah N. Louis, Shahana K. Hanif, Crystal Hudson, Lincoln Restler, Julie Menin, Chi A. Ossé, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés, Shekar Krishnan, Mercedes Narcisse, Lynn C. Schulman, Althea V. Stevens, Amanda Farías, Marjorie Velázquez, Gale A. Brewer, Rita C. Joseph, Diana I. Ayala, Nantasha M. Williams, Sandy Nurse, Carlina Rivera , Kevin C. Riley, (in conjunction with the Bronx Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 24
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure accessibility to rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections in all boroughs, prioritizing communities in boroughs that have higher infection rates as determined by the department.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 895, 2. Int. No. 895, 3. January 19, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-19-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 19, 2023

Int. No. 895

 

By Council Members Sanchez, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Louis, Hanif, Hudson, Restler, Menin, Ossé, De La Rosa, Cabán, Avilés, Krishnan, Narcisse, Schulman, Stevens, Farías, Velázquez, Brewer, Joseph, Ayala, Williams, Nurse, Rivera and Riley (in conjunction with the Bronx Borough President)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections

 

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 17-184.2 to read as follows:

§ 17-184.2 Availability of rapid testing for sexually transmitted infections. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term “rapid testing” means testing for sexually transmitted infections including, but not limited to, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV, that produces results in the same day or within hours.

b. Availability. The department shall make available rapid testing services in all boroughs of the city. The department shall prioritize areas of each borough with the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections as determined by the department.

c. Outreach. The department shall conduct an education campaign to inform communities of the locations and availability of rapid testing services.

§ 2. This law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

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