Preconsidered Int. No. 93-A

By Council Members Schulman, Narcisse, Gennaro, Menin, Krishnan, Lee, Marmorato, Riley, Powers, Dinowitz, Marte, Won, De La Rosa, Joseph, Hudson, Louis, Ariola, Farías, Rivera, Brannan, Borelli, Feliz, Gutiérrez, Sanchez, Brewer, Carr, Cabán, Bottcher, Nurse, Salaam, Hanif, Brooks-Powers, Ayala, Williams and Mealy

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 citywide population health agenda

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 17-199.25 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.25 Citywide population health agenda. a. 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 to increase life expectancy and improve health. In developing such agenda, the department shall consult or seek input from relevant stakeholders, public health experts, and any other persons the commissioner deems relevant. At minimum, the department shall identify in such agenda its population health goals for the next 5 years and strategies for achieving such goals. No later than September 30, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, the commissioner shall submit such agenda to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post such agenda on the department’s website. 

b. No later than September 30, 2029, and annually thereafter no later than September 30 of any year in which a citywide population health agenda is not required to be submitted pursuant to subdivision a of this section, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a comprehensive report that describes the department’s progress toward achieving the goals identified in the most recently submitted agenda.

§ 2.  No later than September 30, 2024, and annually thereafter no later than September 30 of any year until September 30, 2027, the commissioner of health and mental hygiene shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a comprehensive report that describes the department of health and mental hygiene’s progress toward achieving the goals identified in the HealthyNYC population health agenda released November 1, 2023. 

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.

SOS/CP

LS #11916/Int. No. 1248-2023

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