Meeting Name: Committee on Health Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/1/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2023-2781 *   Oversight – NYC’s Efforts to Address the Growing Diabetes Epidemic.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2023-2781 *   Oversight – NYC’s Efforts to Address the Growing Diabetes Epidemic.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0675-2022 *Crystal Hudson  Creation of a telemedicine accessibility plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the creation of a telemedicine accessibility plan to improve the availability and accessibility of portable monitoring devices and telehealth devices for populations that could be better served by telemedicine services.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0675-2022 *Crystal Hudson  Creation of a telemedicine accessibility plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the creation of a telemedicine accessibility plan to improve the availability and accessibility of portable monitoring devices and telehealth devices for populations that could be better served by telemedicine services.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0687-2022 *Keith Powers   Requiring added sugar notifications for menu items in chain restaurants.IntroductionThis bill would require chain restaurants with 15 or more locations to conspicuously post added sugar icons and factual warning statements on menus or menu boards next to menu items and on or near food items on display that exceed a specified level of added sugars as determined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration or another amount specified by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). This bill would consider food items that are identical to prepackaged food items to have the same density of added sugars as displayed on the nutrition facts of the prepackaged food item, unless demonstrated otherwise. This bill would also require such restaurants to conspicuously post an added sugar icon on or near any non-packaged food items on display or on menus or menu boards no later than 1 year after the federal regulations that require restaurants to include added sugars in nutritional information of non-packaged food items go into effect. Any covered restaurant that violates the provisions of this bill would be liable for a civil penalty of $200.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0687-2022 *Keith Powers   Requiring added sugar notifications for menu items in chain restaurants.IntroductionThis bill would require chain restaurants with 15 or more locations to conspicuously post added sugar icons and factual warning statements on menus or menu boards next to menu items and on or near food items on display that exceed a specified level of added sugars as determined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration or another amount specified by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). This bill would consider food items that are identical to prepackaged food items to have the same density of added sugars as displayed on the nutrition facts of the prepackaged food item, unless demonstrated otherwise. This bill would also require such restaurants to conspicuously post an added sugar icon on or near any non-packaged food items on display or on menus or menu boards no later than 1 year after the federal regulations that require restaurants to include added sugars in nutritional information of non-packaged food items go into effect. Any covered restaurant that violates the provisions of this bill would be liable for a civil penalty of $200.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0918-2023 *Lynn C. Schulman PreconsideredRequiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan. DOHMH would be required to report annually on the number of adults with diabetes in NYC and on its strategies and efforts to reduce the incidence and impact of diabetes.Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0918-2023 *Lynn C. Schulman  Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop and implement a citywide diabetes incidence and impact reduction plan. DOHMH would be required to report annually on the number of adults with diabetes in NYC and on its strategies and efforts to reduce the incidence and impact of diabetes.P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Not available