NYC Council Introduction 720

intro.nyc/0720-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to maintain a COVID-19 risk alert system.
Status: Committee Committee on Health
Sponsored by Lynn C. Schulman
Introduced: March 19, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop and implement a COVID-19 risk level alert system to alert City residents of the current COVID-19 transmission risk level. The alert system shall be color coded with each color corresponding to a risk level, and shall include public health precautions to correspond with each risk level. DOHMH would also be required to develop and implement a multimedia outreach campaign to inform City residents of the COVID-19 risk level, and post the COVID-19 risk level on the department’s website daily.