NYC Council Introduction 989

intro.nyc/0989-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Student wellness club toolkits.
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Sponsored by Linda Lee
Introduced: July 18, 2024

The proposed bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create student wellness club toolkits to help guide middle and high school students on how to create peer-led student wellness clubs. Such toolkits would include informational materials on youth mental health, best practices for facilitating group discussions on mental health, guidance for mental-health promoting activities, as well as a link to the DOE website describing the process for starting a student club. The proposed bill would also require that DOE post on its website guidance on how to start a student club at school, as well as make such toolkits available to all middle school and high school students. Finally, it would require DOE to issue an annual report including information regarding the dissemination of such toolkits and relevant information regarding all student wellness clubs in the city.