File #: Int 0869-2024    Version: Name: Outreach and education regarding parental mental health resources.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
On agenda: 5/16/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach and education regarding parental mental health resources
Sponsors: Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lincoln Restler, Farah N. Louis, Justin L. Brannan, Julie Menin, Tiffany Cabán, Mercedes Narcisse, Amanda Farías, Shahana K. Hanif, Lynn C. Schulman, Crystal Hudson, Diana I. Ayala, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Julie Won, Erik D. Bottcher, Kalman Yeger , Carlina Rivera , Darlene Mealy, Joann Ariola , (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden
Council Member Sponsors: 19
Summary: This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health to establish and implement a public outreach and education campaign to raise awareness about resources available at the city, state, and federal level addressing mental health challenges faced by parents. The campaign would be required to be available in the designated citywide languages.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 869-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 869, 3. Int. No. 869, 4. May 16, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-16-24, 6. Committee Report 6/25/24, 7. Hearing Testimony 6/25/24, 8. Hearing Transcript 6/25/24, 9. Proposed Int. No. 869-A - 9/19/24, 10. Committee Report 9/26/24, 11. Hearing Transcript 9/26/24, 12. September 26, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement
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9/26/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2024AJennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Women and Gender Equity Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Women and Gender Equity Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/25/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/16/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/16/2024*Jennifer Gutiérrez City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 869-A

 

By Council Members Gutiérrez, Restler, Louis, Brannan, Menin, Cabán, Narcisse, Farías, Hanif, Schulman, Hudson, Ayala, Sanchez, Won, Bottcher, Yeger, Rivera, Mealy and Ariola (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough President)

 

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

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 3-192 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 106 for the year 2023, is amended to read as follows:

§ 3-192[.] Outreach. a. General requirements; accessibility. The office shall coordinate with relevant agencies and relevant organizations to support the city’s efforts to coordinate, facilitate, or conduct culturally appropriate outreach in the designated citywide languages regarding mental health resources, including access to the online database described in section 3-191.

b. Mental health resources for parents. The office, or another agency designated by the mayor, shall conduct outreach and education activities to raise awareness about city resources for addressing mental health challenges faced by parents. Such resources shall relate to topics including, but not limited to, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. The materials for such outreach and education activities shall reflect the most current information regarding the availability of such resources. Such materials shall also include information regarding state and federal mental health resources for parents.

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

 

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