The New York City Council - File #: Int 0410-2018

• File #: Int 0410-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Shelter for runaway and homeless youth.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Youth Services
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 4/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to shelter for runaway and homeless youth
• Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Deborah L. Rose, Mark Treyger, Francisco P. Moya, Margaret S. Chin, Mathieu Eugene, Justin L. Brannan, Costa G. Constantinides
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/10/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/7/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
3/27/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
3/7/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
3/7/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amended by Committee
3/6/2018	A	Committee on Youth Services	Approved by Committee	Pass
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/13/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
2/13/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm

Int. No. 410-A

By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Rose, Treyger, Moya, Chin, Eugene, Brannan and Constantinides

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to shelter for runaway and homeless youth
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 4 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add new section 21-408 to read as follows:

? 21-408 Runaway and homeless youth reporting. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "test assessing secondary completion (TASC)" means the New York state high school equivalency test which replaced the General Education Development (GED) as the primary pathway to a New York state high school equivalency diploma.
b. Not later than October 1, 2018, and on or before October 1 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website annual reports on the prior fiscal year ending June 30th regarding runaway and homeless youth. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. A description of the size and characteristics of the current population of runaway and homeless youth, to the extent known, including but not limited to gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, pregnancy and parenting status, and disabilities.
2. A description of the service needs of the current population of runaway and homeless youth, to the extent known, including but not limited to educational assistance, TASC preparation, medical services, mental health services, services for sexually exploited children, and temporary shelter.
3. A breakdown of the dispositions of runaway and homeless youth who exited the temporary shelter system in the previous calendar year disaggregated by categories including but not limited to transitioned from a runaway and homeless youth crisis services program to a transitional independent...