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a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Opioid. The term "opioid" means an opiate as defined in section 3302 of the public health law.
Opioid antagonist. The term "opioid antagonist" means naloxone, narcan or other medication approved by the New York state department of health and the federal food and drug administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.
b. For as long as the department determines there is an urgent public health need, the department shall offer overdose prevention and reversal training to the general public. Such training shall include:
1. How to recognize an opioid overdose; and
2. How to properly administer common opioid antagonists to reverse an opioid overdose.
c. For as long as the department determines there is an urgent public health need, the department shall offer a public awareness strategy to inform the public of the existence of such trainings and the danger of opioid addiction and abuse.
d. For as long as the department determines there is an urgent public health need, the department shall provide opioid antagonists to all syringe exchange programs operating within the city.
e. The department shall require that the staff at all syringe exchange programs operating in the city receive overdose prevention and reversal training. Such training shall teach staff:
1. How to recognize an opioid overdose; and
2. How to properly administer common opioid antagonists to reverse an opioid overdose.
f. Thirty days prior to the department's determination that there is no longer an urgent public heath need, pursuant to subdivisions b, c and d of this section, the department shall submit a report to the speaker of the council detailing the reasons for such determination.
g. 1. Needle, syringe, and sharps buyback pilot program. The department shall establish a needle, syringe, and sharps buyback pilot program. Such program shall offer financial incentives to individuals who collect and return needles, syringes, and sharps that were used for non-medical consumption. In implementing such program, the department shall establish at least 1 buyback location in each of the 5 highest-need council districts in the city, as determined by the department. The department shall set the amount of the buyback incentive for such program, except that such incentive shall not exceed 20 cents per needle, syringe, or sharp and shall not exceed a maximum payout of $10 per day to any individual. The department shall determine eligibility for such program and may consult with overdose prevention centers, the New York city health and hospitals corporation, or any other entity deemed relevant by the commissioner in administering such program.
2. Implementation. The pilot program shall commence no later than 30 days after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision and conclude one year after the date such program commences. On or before the date the pilot program commences, the department shall conspicuously post on its website a list of the buyback locations included in the pilot program.
3. Report. No later than six months following the conclusion of the pilot program, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post conspicuously on the department's website, a report on the pilot program established pursuant to this subdivision. Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
(a) The names and addresses of all buyback locations included in the pilot program;
(b) The number of needles, syringes, and sharps returned or disposed of under the pilot program, disaggregated by buyback location;
(c) The total amount of money disbursed to individuals; and
(d) The department's recommendation as to whether to establish a permanent buyback program and whether and how to expand such program.
h. 1. Community-based plan of action. The department, in conjunction with stakeholders, community-based organizations, providers, and all other entities deemed relevant by the commissioner, shall create a community-based plan of action to address the opioid epidemic in communities that the department deems are at highest risk for opioid abuse and overdose deaths. Such plan shall include, at a minimum:
(a) The creation of a community-based working group, which shall include relevant stakeholders and providers from each community identified by the department pursuant to this paragraph;
(b) A public awareness strategy that targets and addresses each community identified by the department pursuant to this paragraph; and
(c) Information on how and where to access opioid antagonists, as defined in subdivision a of this section, in the community.
(L.L. 2018/128, 6/26/2018, eff. 10/24/2018; Am. L.L. 2018/124, 6/26/2018, eff. 10/24/2018; Am. L.L. 2022/124, 12/23/2022, eff. 1/22/2023)
a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Client. The term “client” means anyone served by the providers.
Provider. The term “provider” means a city agency, or a community-based organization or not-for-profit organization that works directly with refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, and migrants, and is under contract or similar agreement with the department.
Trauma-informed care. The term “trauma-informed care” means trauma-informed care as described by the substance abuse and mental health services administration of the United States department of health and human services, or any successor agency, department, or governmental entity.
b. Training on trauma-informed care. The department shall review existing training on trauma-informed care that the department offers to providers and include in such training appropriate information on refugee, asylee, asylum seeker, and migrant experiences. Such training shall:
1. Include, but not be limited to, methods for recognizing signs of trauma exposure, strategies for understanding common behaviors of individuals exposed to trauma, trauma-informed principles for interacting with such individuals, and resources on addressing secondary trauma, traumatic stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder;
2. Recognize the variation in signs of trauma across a client’s lifespan and include a range of age-appropriate tools according to the different developmental needs of those served; and
3. Include culturally competent tools and resources for providing trauma-informed care.
c. Outreach. The department shall offer the training on trauma-informed care reviewed and revised pursuant to subdivision b of this section to eligible providers deemed appropriate by the department.
d. Reporting. Not later than 6 months after the effective date of the local law that added this section and annually thereafter, the department shall publish on its website a report on the following:
1. The components of the training on trauma-informed care developed pursuant to subdivision b of this section; and
2. The number of individuals who accepted and completed the training on trauma-informed care.
(L.L. 2023/158, 11/19/2023, eff. 3/18/2024)
The dry scraping or dry sanding of lead-based paint or paint of unknown lead content in any dwelling, day care center or school is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and a condition dangerous to life and health. For the purpose of this section, dry scraping and dry sanding shall mean the removal of paint or similar surface-coating material by scraping or sanding without using water misting to reduce dust levels or other method approved by the department. The department shall promulgate such additional rules as necessary for the enforcement of this section.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/038 and L.L. 2004/001.
a. Any corporation of government, the expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury, which provides health and medical services and operates health facilities and which is authorized to employ special officers having peace officer status as defined in New York Criminal Procedure Law §2.10(40), shall utilize peace officers appointed pursuant to said subdivision to perform the duties of special officer, senior special officer and hospital security officer. The commissioner of the department of health and mental hygiene shall enforce this requirement.
b. Any person, including but not limited to any labor organization, claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of subdivision a of this section shall have a cause of action in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages, including punitive damages, and for injunctive relief and such other remedies as may be appropriate.
a. The department shall develop a pamphlet containing information regarding the availability of public health insurance programs. At a minimum, such pamphlet shall include: (i) the name and a brief description of each public health insurance program available to New York city residents; and (ii) appropriate telephone numbers to obtain enrollment information for such programs. Such pamphlet shall be produced annually and shall be printed in multiple languages, including, but not limited to, English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Yiddish, Korean, and Haitian-Creole, and shall be made available to any member of the public upon request.
b. The department shall ensure that pamphlets on public health insurance program options are provided to all day care centers in sufficient quantity to enable such day care centers to satisfy the requirements of section 1069.1 of the New York city charter. For the purposes of this subdivision, "day care center" shall mean any child day care facility operating in New York city that is required to obtain a license from, or to register with, the department pursuant to section 47.05 of the New York city health code and/or the New York state department of social services pursuant to section 390 of the New York state social services law.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2002/001.
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Emergency contraception. The term "emergency contraception" means one or more medications, used separately or in combination, to be administered to or self-administered by a patient in a dosage and manner intended to prevent pregnancy when used within a medically recommended amount of time following unprotected or inadequately protected vaginal receptive sexual intercourse and dispensed for that purpose in accordance with professional standards of practice, and which has been found safe and effective for such use by the United States food and drug administration.
Long-acting reversible contraception. The term "long-acting reversible contraception" means one or more reversible contraceptive methods, including, but not limited to, intrauterine devices and subdermal contraceptive implants, to be inserted or removed by trained clinicians in accordance with accepted standards of medical practice, in a manner intended to prevent pregnancy for an extended period of time without user action, and which has been found safe and effective for such use by the United States food and drug administration.
b. Availability. The department shall make available non-surgical contraception which has been found safe and effective for such use by the United States food and drug administration, emergency contraception, and long-acting reversible contraception, to all patients served by health centers, health stations, health clinics or other health facilities operated or maintained by the department which also offer services relating to the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. The department shall provide information on free or low-cost access to the administration, insertion, and removal of long-acting reversible contraception methods. Timely referrals will be provided to such health centers, health stations, health clinics, or other health facilities which offer long-acting reversible contraception, as well as to qualified family planning providers, if needed, for other services.
c. Cultural sensitivity training. The department shall annually offer training to all employees of health centers, health stations, health clinics, and other health facilities maintained by the department which also offer services relating to the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. The training should include, but not be limited to:
1. The history of the provision of long-acting contraceptive, including the history of sterilization abuse;
2. Comprehensive, scientifically accurate information about the full range of contraceptive options in a medically ethical and culturally sensitive manner; and
3. Implicit and explicit biases which can result in the harm of a patient, particularly those which can impede the fair and equal treatment of all patients.
(Am. L.L. 2022/009, 1/9/2022, eff. 1/9/2023)
a. Subject to sufficient appropriations to meet the requirements of this subdivision, the department shall make available medication approved by the United States food and drug administration for medication abortion at no cost to a patient at health clinics operated by the department where services relating to sexual health are offered and where the department determines making such medication available would be appropriate for the patient population served by such clinic. At such clinics, the department shall make medication for medication abortion available to a patient who seeks to terminate a pregnancy when the use of such medication is indicated and in accordance with the medically reasonable and good faith professional judgment of such patient's medical provider.
b. The department shall provide counseling and timely referrals to other health facilities and family planning providers in accordance with the assessment of the needs of a patient by the department.
c. Nothing in this section shall require the department to provide to a patient any medication that the department or a medical provider providing services in a health clinic described in subdivision a of this section does not find to be indicated in such provider's professional judgment. Nor shall anything in this section prevent the department from offering any other service not described in this section at any location where it provides medical care.
d. Nothing in this section shall create a private right of action, nor be the basis of a claim of medical malpractice against the department or against any medical provider providing services in a health clinic described in subdivision a of this section.
(L.L. 2022/078, 8/12/2022, eff. 8/12/2023)
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