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Int 0628-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | Proposed Int. No. 628-A | Signage regarding patient rights and hospital services for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to design signs describing the rights of transgender patients, and to make such signs available to hospitals in the City. Such signs would include information on an individual’s right to be referred to by their preferred name, title, gender, and pronoun. This bill would also require DOHMH to coordinate with hospitals to identify the services offered by any such hospitals to meet the specific needs of transgender individuals, including gender-affirming health care, and would require DOHMH to provide guidance encouraging hospitals to post in a conspicuous location a list of any such services offered. DOHMH would also be required to post lists of such services and any updates on its website and on the 311 website. | | |
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Int 0629-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | Proposed Int. No. 629-A | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on training provided by hospitals regarding medical care for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene (the “Commissioner”) to report annually on training provided by hospitals to medical staff regarding medical care for transgender individuals, including training on medical needs common to transgender patients, medical and surgical treatment, and treatment and care related to social and medical transitions. The Commissioner would also be required to provide a summary of the information included in any such training provided by a hospital to medical staff relating to the provision of medical care to transgender individuals, including whether such training includes information on culturally sensitive care. | | |
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Int 0998-2024
| * | Keith Powers | | Proposed Int. No. 998-A | Cooling centers. | Introduction | This bill would codify New York City’s (“City” or “NYC”) cooling center program. The bill would require the Commissioner of the NYC Office of Emergency Management (NYCEM) to designate the locations of cooling centers when there is a heat-related emergency, and requires, where practicable, the designation of no fewer than 7 cooling centers per 100,000 residents. When determining where to locate cooling centers in the city, the bill would require the NYCEM Commissioner to consider factors such as areas in which vulnerable populations reside as well as the heat vulnerability index. In addition, the bill would require NYCEM or the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to post on its website any health alerts issued during a heat-related emergency. The bill would also require NYCEM to submit a comprehensive cooling and communication plan on or before May 15, 2026, as well as an annual report detailing the City’s efforts to inform the public about the availability and benefits of cooling centers, with recommendations on how to increase accessibility. Finally, the bill would require that NYCEM provide information for the public on how to submit feedback about their experiences at cooling centers, and to report any challenges with accessing such centers. | | |
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Int 1041-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | Proposed Int. No. 1041-A | An outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights in relation to child care. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct an annual outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights regarding their children in child care programs in New York City. The campaign would focus on providing information to parents and legal guardians on how they can make complaints to relevant local and state agencies regarding such programs, their right to unrestricted access to their child and the facility, the notices that such programs must post and display pursuant to law, such as the most recent child performance summary card, and the information that such programs must provide to parents, including upon request. Campaign materials must include information on how to ascertain whether a program has epinephrine auto-injectors or opioid antagonists on site, and whether staff are trained to administer such. The materials must be made available to all child care programs, schools, recreation centers, hospitals, pediatric healthcare providers, and government offices. The bill would also require New York City regulated child care programs to distribute the information from the outreach campaign to each parent or legal guardian upon enrollment. Lastly, the bill would require that all such materials be made available electronically on DOHMH’s child care directory. | | |
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Int 1042-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | Proposed Int. No. 1042-A | Reporting on training for child care inspectors. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on training provided to employees of DOHMH who inspect child care programs, including the types of child care-related training they are required to take, how often each training is required or made available to them, the percentage of inspectors who took the required trainings during the relevant reporting period, a description of any additional training topics, including those based on recommendations from inspectors and any other relevant sources, as well as any other information DOHMH deems relevant. | | |
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Int 1056-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | Proposed Int. No. 1056-A | Training for medical personnel in public schools and reporting on participation in such training. | Introduction | This bill would require physicians and nurses employed by or contracted with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and working in public schools through the Office of School Health (OSH) to complete annual competency training on health concerns related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. This training would be required for DOHMH employees and contractors and be offered to all other medical personnel working in public schools through OSH, including Department of Education employees and contractors. Such training would focus on health concerns for the community, including information related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, information related to variations in sex characteristics, health concerns related to gender-affirming health care, and a list of referrals and resources to help medical personnel connect students with such care. This bill would also require reporting on attendance of such training, disaggregated by agency. | | |
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Res 0563-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | Proposed Res. No. 563-B | Tighten regulations, enhance inspections, and provide training and resources to day care providers and parents to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State (A.3899-A and S.6225/A.3899-A). | Resolution | | | |
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