The New York City Council - File #: Int 0667-2018

• File #: Int 0667-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the dept of social services and the dept of homeless services to refer individuals receiving opioid antagonists for additional services.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Final action: 6/26/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of social services and the department of homeless services to refer individuals receiving opioid antagonists for additional services
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Robert F. Holden, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Stephen T. Levin, Carlina Rivera , I. Daneek Miller

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2018	A	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
6/26/2018	A	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
6/26/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
6/7/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
6/7/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
6/5/2018	A	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/5/2018	*	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Amended by Committee
6/5/2018	*	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Hearing Held by Committee
6/5/2018	*	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/27/2018	*	Committee on General Welfare	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2/27/2018	*	Committee on General Welfare	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
2/27/2018	*	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2/27/2018	*	Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm

Int. No. 667-A

By Council Members Torres, Holden, Ampry-Samuel, Cornegy, Levin, Rivera and Miller

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of social services and the department of homeless services to refer individuals receiving opioid antagonists for additional services
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-129.1 to read as follows:
? 21-129.1 Referral of additional services. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "HASA facility" means single room occupancy hotels or congregate facilities that serve HASA recipients and are managed by a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department.
b. The department shall refer any individual who discloses to their case manager, as defined in section 21-127, that while in a HASA facility, they received an opioid antagonist to combat symptoms consistent with those of an opioid overdose occurring within a HASA facility, to appropriate service providers for appropriate additional services.
? 2. Chapter 3 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-323 to read as follows:
? 21-323 Referral of additional services. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "shelter" means temporary emergency housing provided to homeless individuals by the department or by a provider under contract or similar agreement with the department.
b. The department shall refer any individual who discloses to their case manager, as defined in section 21-314, that while in shelter they have received an opioid antagonist to combat the symptoms consistent with those of an opioid overdose, to appropriate service providers for appropriate additional services.
? 3. This local law takes effect 60 days a...