The New York City Council - File #: Int 0669-2018

• File #: Int 0669-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the municipal drug strategy advisory council to report on opioid antagonist distribution.
• 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 charter of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the municipal drug strategy advisory council to report on opioid antagonist distribution
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Robert F. Holden, Stephen T. Levin, Ben Kallos, Carlina Rivera
• Indexes: Report Required

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. 669-A

By Council Members Torres, Holden, Levin, Kallos and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the municipal drug strategy advisory council to report on opioid antagonist distribution
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision b of section 20-c of the New York city charter, as added by local law number 48 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
b. No later than February 1, 2018, and no later than February 1 biennially thereafter, the designated agency shall prepare and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the city council a report on municipal drug strategy. The department shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to community-based harm reduction programs, licensed substance use disorder treatment programs, healthcare providers, prevention programs, drug policy reform organizations, community-based criminal justice programs, persons directly affected by drug use, persons formerly incarcerated for drug related offenses, and experts in issues related to illicit and non-medical drug use and policies, in preparing the report. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A summary of current drug policies, programs, and services in the city, including an overview of goals to address the use of illicit and non-medical drugs such as the use of prescription drugs for non-prescription purposes;
2. A summary of interventions needed in order to reduce drug-related disease, mortality, and crime, and any inequities and disparities related to race, ethnicity, age, income, gender, geography, and immigration status;
3. An overview of programs, legislation or administrative action to promote and support health and wellness related to drug use, as well as to improve the public health and safety of the city's individuals, families, and communities by addressing the health, social and economic problems...