File #: Int 0706-2022    Version: Name: Requiring the office of community mental health to maintain access to an online services database.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
On agenda: 9/29/2022
Enactment date: 7/23/2023 Law number: 2023/106
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the office of community mental health to maintain access to an online services database
Sponsors: Shaun Abreu, Erik D. Bottcher, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Sandy Nurse, Linda Lee, Shahana K. Hanif, Gale A. Brewer, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Alexa Avilés, Rita C. Joseph, Kevin C. Riley, Amanda Farías, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Farah N. Louis, Julie Menin, Tiffany Cabán, Carlina Rivera , Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Eric Dinowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 20
Summary: This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health (OCMH) to maintain on its website access to a public, searchable online database of mental health services provided in New York City. To make the database more accessible and user-friendly to the public, OCMH would be required to indicate on its website that the services are searchable by subcategory, e.g. inpatient care, outpatient care, and substance use services. OCMH would also be required to indicate that the database lists the contact information of listed mental health services providers, as well as the type of services provided, payment information (including the type of insurance accepted), whether services are provided in person or remotely, whether services are provided by peers, and whether services are accessible to persons with disabilities. OCMH would also be required to coordinate with the providers of such services to conduct culturally competent outreach on how to access and use the online database.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 706-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 706, 3. Int. No. 706, 4. September 29, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-29-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 29, 2022, 7. Committee Report 2/6/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 2/6/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 2/6/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 706-A - 6/1/23, 11. Committee Report 6/22/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 6/22/23, 13. June 22, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-22-23, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 22, 2023, 16. Int. No. 706-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Local Law 106, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
7/25/2023AShaun Abreu City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/23/2023AShaun Abreu Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AShaun Abreu City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AShaun Abreu City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/22/2023AShaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Hospitals Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Fire and Emergency Management Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Fire and Emergency Management Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/6/2023*Shaun Abreu Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/29/2022*Shaun Abreu City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/29/2022*Shaun Abreu City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 706-A

 

By Council Members Abreu, Bottcher, De La Rosa, Nurse, Lee, Hanif, Brewer, Restler, Hudson, Avilés, Joseph, Riley, Farías, Sanchez, Louis, Menin, Cabán, Rivera, Brooks-Powers and Dinowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the office of community mental health to maintain access to an online services database

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 9 to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER 9

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

§ 3-190 Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

Designated citywide languages. The term “designated citywide languages” has the same meaning set forth in subdivision a of section 23-1101.

LGBTQI+. The term “LGBTQI+” means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming, or non-binary.

Office. The term “office” means the mayor’s office of community mental health created pursuant to section 20-m of the New York city charter.

Relevant agencies. The term “relevant agencies” means any agencies included in the city’s database of support, crisis intervention, and information and referral services for anyone seeking help for mental health or substance use concerns.

Relevant organization. The term “relevant organization” means an organization that provides services, including, but not limited to, crisis, housing, inpatient care, legal, outpatient care, and substance use services to an individual with a mental health need or to persons caring for such an individual.

§ 3-191 Online database. a. The office shall maintain on its website access to a publicly accessible, searchable online database of mental health services that are provided by any relevant agencies and relevant organizations in the city, to the extent such agencies or organizations provide the city with information about mental health services they offer. The office shall indicate on its website that such database is searchable by program focus category, which may include but need not be limited to caregivers, immigrants, undocumented individuals, refugees, asylees, justice-involved individuals, LGBTQI+ individuals, homebound individuals, and children and adolescents. The office shall indicate on its website that such database is searchable by service subcategories, which may include but need not be limited to crisis, housing, inpatient care, legal, outpatient care, and substance use services. The office shall indicate on its website that, to the extent provided to the city for inclusion in the database, such database information includes, but is not limited to, the following information for each relevant agency and relevant organization:

1. Address, office hours, and contact information;

2. Mental health services provided;

3. Payment information, including types of insurance accepted;

4. The languages in which services are provided;

5. Whether such services are provided in person or remotely;

6. Whether such services are provided via peers; and

7. Whether such services are accessible to persons with disabilities.

§ 3-192. Outreach. The office shall coordinate with relevant agencies and relevant organizations to support the city’s efforts to coordinate, facilitate, or conduct culturally appropriate outreach in the designated citywide languages regarding mental health resources, including access to the online database described in section 3-191.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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