The New York City Council - File #: Int 0325-2022

• File #: Int 0325-2022
• Version: A
• Name: Provision of information about pediatric emergency rooms.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• Committee: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 5/5/2022
• Enactment date: 7/9/2023
• Law number: 2023/090
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of information about emergency rooms and pediatric trauma centers
• Sponsors: Justin L. Brannan, Gale A. Brewer, Farah N. Louis, Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger , Alexa Avilés, Lincoln Restler, Shaun Abreu, Mercedes Narcisse, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Marjorie Velázquez, Charles Barron, Linda Lee, Carlina Rivera , James F. Gennaro, Joseph C. Borelli
• Council Member Sponsors: 16
• Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to maintain a list of New York City (City) hospitals with emergency rooms and pediatric trauma centers which includes information about their locations and available medical services. The list would be posted on DOHMH’s website and made available to the 311 customer service center. DOHMH would be required to provide the list to pediatricians practicing in the City. DOHMH would also be required to mail the list to each address designated for receipt of a child’s birth certificate, and provide the list to the Department of Education and child care programs for distribution at least annually to parents and guardians of children enrolled in child care programs and grade 3-K through grade 8.

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
7/13/2023	A	Justin L. Brannan	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
7/9/2023	A	Justin L. Brannan	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
6/8/2023	A	Justin L. Brannan	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
6/8/2023	A	Justin L. Brannan	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
6/8/2023	*	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
6/8/2023	*	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
6/8/2023	*	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
6/8/2023	A	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Approved by Committee	Pass
3/30/2023	*	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
3/30/2023	*	Justin L. Brannan	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
5/5/2022	*	Justin L. Brannan	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/5/2022	*	Justin L. Brannan	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 325-A

By Council Members Brannan, Brewer, Louis, Holden, Yeger, Avilés, Restler, Abreu, Narcisse, Sanchez, Velázquez, Barron, Lee, Rivera, Gennaro and Borelli

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of information about emergency rooms and pediatric trauma centers

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 17-199.22 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.22 Information regarding emergency rooms and pediatric trauma centers. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Child care program. The term “child care program” means a child care program as defined in section 47.01 of the New York city health code.

Student. The term “student” means any child who is enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 in a school of the city school district, any child who is enrolled in an early education center with which the department of education contracts to provide pre-kindergarten, and any child who is enrolled in a full-day early education program for 3-year-old children offered by the department of education.

b. The department shall make available on its website and to the 311 customer service center a list of hospitals located in the city that have emergency departments and pediatric trauma centers as designated by the state department of health. Such list shall be organized by location, as reported by the state department of health, and shall include information about medical services offered at each such location. In addition, the department shall:

1. Provide such list to pediatricians practicing in the city with materials indicating the importance of educating parents and guardians regarding available options for pediatric emergency care;

2. Within 3 months after the receipt of the report of any birth, provide such list to the address designated for receipt of the child’s certificate of registration of birth pursuant to section 17-168;

3. Provide such list to the department of education and each child care program to be distributed at least once a year to the parents and guardians of every student and every child enrolled in a child care program; and

4. Provide a link to such list on the Child Care Connect website maintained by the department.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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