The New York City Council - File #: Int 0881-2018

• File #: Int 0881-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Lead Package - Education and outreach regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to education and outreach regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Robert F. Holden, Laurie A. Cumbo, Ben Kallos
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 881

By Council Members Dromm, Holden, Cumbo and Kallos

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to education and outreach regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention

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 to add a new section 17-186.1 to read as follows:

§ 17-186.1 Education and outreach regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention. a. The department shall establish and implement an education and outreach program to increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention. Such education and outreach program shall at a minimum include the following information:

                     1. Health effects of lead poisoning in children and pregnant women;

                     2. Major sources of lead exposure for children;

                     3. Ways to prevent lead exposure and to address lead hazards;

                     4. Importance of lead screening and blood lead testing requirements for children and pregnant women; and

                     5. Requirements related to inspection and remediation of lead hazards in certain housing and facilities.

b. The education and outreach program required by subdivision a of this section shall include linguistically and culturally competent education and outreach tailored to limited English proficient individuals and specific immigrant populations. To meet such requirement, the department, in consultation with the mayor’s office of immigrant affairs, shall identify and implement measures including but not limited to production of educational materials, language assistance tools, community outreach and advertisements in multiple languages in subway trains, buses and other public transportation.

c. Any educational materials produced pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be made available on the department’s website and submitted to the commissioner of the mayor’s office of immigrant affairs. The educational materials made available on the department’s website pursuant to this subdivision shall be made available in English; in the six languages most commonly spoken by limited English proficient individuals in the city as determined by the department of city planning; and in any other languages deemed appropriate by the commissioner.

d. No later than December 31, 2019, and no later than every December 31 thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a report on the implementation and efficacy of the education and outreach program required by subdivision a of this section. The reports required pursuant to this section shall remain permanently accessible on the department’s website.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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