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T2026-1168
| * | | | | Oversight - From Crisis to Care: How New York City Connects New Yorkers to Mental Health Services. | Oversight | | | |
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Int 0722-2026
| * | Lynn C. Schulman | | | Reporting and publication of mental health emergency response data. | Introduction | This bill would require the Office of Community Mental Health (OCMH), in coordination and consultation with other relevant agencies, to report to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council and online regarding each 911 call that is identified as involving a mental health emergency, on a quarterly basis. The report would include information about responses to these emergencies and would specify whether B-HEARD, the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division of OCMH, responded. Additionally, the bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to include the unique identifiers generated by their respective computer-aided dispatch systems in their 911 call data publication on the Open Data Portal. The NYPD and FDNY would also be required to indicate whether a B-HEARD team was dispatched and able to respond in their 911 call data publication on the Open Data Portal. | | |
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T2023-3879
| * | Linda Lee | | Preconsidered | Establishment of a task force on 988 and a public education campaign on mental health awareness. | Introduction | This bill would create a task force to study the current 988 system and make recommendations for its improvement. The task force would be required to submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council with their recommendations for improvements to 988, including the training that call-takers receive, the script used when answering 988 calls and messages, mobile crisis team protocols, and developing metrics to track the success of 988 in providing mental health care. The bill would also require DOHMH to create a public education campaign on mental illness and 988. In addition to providing information on the resources available through 988, the campaign would provide information to help people recognize symptoms of mental illness, assess risk of harm in a given situation, and accurately explain a mental health situation to a 988 operator. The bill would also require DOHMH to provide information on the full range of services available through 988, including mobile crisis teams, intensive treatment programs, assertive community treatment, clubhouses, and community-based alternatives to hospitalization, with instructions on how to access these resources. | | |
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