The New York City Council - File #: Int 0465-2022

• File #: Int 0465-2022
• Version: A
• Name: Report on the provision of medical services related to reproductive health care.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• Committee: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
• On agenda: 6/2/2022
• Enactment date: 8/12/2022
• Law number: 2022/073
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a report on the provision of medical services related to reproductive health care
• Sponsors: Tiffany Cabán, Farah N. Louis, Crystal Hudson, Gale A. Brewer, Rita C. Joseph, Sandy Nurse, Sandra Ung, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Shaun Abreu, Lincoln Restler, Alexa Avilés, Amanda Farías, Chi A. Ossé, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Eric Dinowitz, Mercedes Narcisse, Christopher Marte, Diana I. Ayala, Nantasha M. Williams, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Linda Lee, Keith Powers , Adrienne E. Adams
• Council Member Sponsors: 23
• Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on the number of births and the number of abortions provided in the City each year, for both individuals who were residents of New York City (NYC) at the time of such birth or abortion and for those who were not residents. DOHMH would also be required to assess the ability of licensed medical providers in the City to provide reproductive health care, identify any challenges faced by licensed medical providers to provide reproductive health care, and make recommendations for increasing the capacity of such providers to provide reproductive health care.
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
8/16/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
8/12/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
8/12/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	Mayor	Bill Signing Scheduled by Mayor
7/29/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
7/14/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
7/14/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
7/14/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
7/14/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amendment Proposed by Comm
7/14/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amended by Committee
7/14/2022	A	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Approved by Committee	Pass
7/1/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
7/1/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Laid Over by Committee
6/2/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/2/2022	*	Tiffany Cabán	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 465-A

By Council Members Cabán, Louis, Hudson, Brewer, Joseph, Nurse, Ung, Gutiérrez, Abreu, Restler, Avilés, Farías, Ossé, De La Rosa, Dinowitz, Narcisse, Marte, Ayala, Williams, Sanchez, Lee, Powers and The Speaker (Council Member Adams)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a report on the provision of medical services related to reproductive health care

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 17-199.2.1 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.2.1 Report on medical services relating to reproductive health care. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Abortion. The term “abortion” has the meaning given to the term “induced termination of pregnancy” as such term is defined in subdivision c of section 203.01 of the health code.

Reproductive health care. The term “reproductive health care” means any medical service provided to a person relating to the reproductive system and its processes, functions and organs. Reproductive health care includes, but is not limited to, services related to contraception, sterilization, preconception care, maternity care, abortion care and counseling regarding reproductive health care.

b. No later than January 30, 2023, and on January 30 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post online a report, based upon the data included in the most recently published annual summary of vital statistics, on data regarding the provision of medical services in the city related to reproductive health care, to the extent such data is available to the department, disaggregated by borough and, to the extent possible without revealing personally identifiable information, further disaggregated by age, ethnicity, and race. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, data on the following reproductive health care provided in the city based upon the data included in the most recently published annual summary of vital statistics:

1. The number of births and the number of abortions provided;

2. The number of births and the number of abortions provided to individuals who were residents of New York city at the time of such birth or abortion;

3. The number of births and the number of abortions provided to individuals who were not residents of New York city at the time of such birth or abortion;

c. The report required pursuant to this section shall include an assessment of the ability of licensed medical providers in the city to accommodate individuals seeking medical services related to reproductive health care, including, but not limited to, assessing potential issues such providers or individuals might face in providing or receiving such services, and recommendations for increasing the capacity of medical services provided in the city.

d. Information required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that does not violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of personally identifiable information.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law.

JEF / BM

LS # 9189

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