The New York City Council - File #: Int 1248-2023

• File #: Int 1248-2023
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop a healthy nyc population health agenda.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• Committee: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 11/2/2023
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop a healthy nyc population health agenda
• Sponsors: Lynn C. Schulman, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Farah N. Louis, Althea V. Stevens, Amanda Farías, Mercedes Narcisse, Linda Lee
• Council Member Sponsors: 7
• Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop a 5-year population health agenda for the purpose of improving public health outcomes, addressing health disparities, and improving the quality of and access to healthcare for generally and defined groups of individuals in New York City in order to improve life expectancy. This bill would also require DOHMH to submit annual reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council that describes DOHMH’s progress towards achieving the goals in the population health agenda.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Aging	Laid Over by Committee
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Aging	Hearing Held by Committee
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Hospitals	Laid Over by Committee
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Hospitals	Hearing Held by Committee
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
11/17/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
11/2/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
11/2/2023	*	Lynn C. Schulman	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1248

By Council Members Schulman, Gutiérrez, Louis, Stevens, Farías, Narcisse and Lee

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to develop a healthy nyc population health agenda

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 556 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:

f. Population health agenda. (1) The department shall develop a citywide population health agenda for the purpose of improving public health outcomes, addressing health disparities, and improving quality of and access to health care for New Yorkers in order to increase life expectancy. Such agenda shall, at minimum, identify the department’s population health goals for the next 5 years and strategies for achieving such goals. No later than January 1, 2024, and every 5 years thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council the population health agenda required by this section.

(2) No later than June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a comprehensive report that describes the progress toward achieving the goals identified in the most recently submitted population health agenda required by this subdivision.

(3) Input from Stakeholders. When developing the population health agenda required by this subdivision, the department may consult or seek input from relevant stakeholders, public health experts, and any other persons deemed relevant.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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10/2/2023 10:30am