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Int 0506-2022

Requiring the department of consumer and worker protection to implement an outreach and education campaign on facilities that deceptively advertise or are otherwise misleading when offering reproductive health services.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2022-06-02Local Law 2022/077

Enacted as Local Law 2022/077.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-06-02Passed: 2022-08-12Enacted: 2022-08-12

Summary

This bill would require the city to undertake a public education campaign about deceptive advertisements and misleading information provided by facilities that represent that they provide reproductive health services. The campaign would provide information on what services these facilities typically provide, how they advertise their services, how these facilities can impact timely and safe access to pregnancy care, and how a person can file a complaint about deceptive practices by such facilities.

Committee on Consumer and Worker ProtectionDepartment of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.

How it compares

18% of similar bills passed

9 passed · 41 died

This bill: 40 days in committee

Similar bills: median 534 days · 271 days when passed

Sponsors (22)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-06-02 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-06-02 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2022-06-21 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2022-06-21 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2022-07-13 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2022-07-13 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
ActionAmended by Committee
2022-07-13 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2022-07-13 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
AdvancedApproved by Council
2022-07-14 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2022-07-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2022-07-29 · Mayor
ActionBill Signing Scheduled by Mayor
2022-08-12 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2022-08-12 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2022-08-16 · City Council

Votes (60)

Aye (47)
Adrienne E. AdamsDiana I. AyalaShaun AbreuAlexa AvilésCharles BarronJustin L. BrannanGale A. BrewerSelvena N. Brooks-PowersTiffany L. CabánCarmen N. De La RosaEric DinowitzAmanda C. FaríasJames F. GennaroJennifer GutiérrezShahana K. HanifCrystal HudsonKristin Richardson JordanRita C. JosephAri KaganShekar KrishnanLinda LeeFarah N. LouisChristopher MarteJulie MeninFrancisco P. MoyaMercedes NarcisseSandy NurseChi A. OsséKeith Powers Lincoln RestlerKevin C. RileyCarlina Rivera Pierina Ana SanchezLynn C. SchulmanAlthea V. StevensSandra UngMarjorie VelázquezNantasha M. WilliamsJulie WonOswald J. FelizRafael Salamanca, Jr.Marjorie VelázquezShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasShekar KrishnanJulie MeninChi A. Ossé
Nay (7)
Joann Ariola Joseph C. BorelliDavid M. CarrRobert F. HoldenVickie PaladinoInna VernikovKalman Yeger
Absent (5)
Erik D. BottcherKamillah HanksDarlene MealyErik D. BottcherGale A. Brewer
Excused (1)
Julie Won

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2022-07-14 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2022-07-13 · 10:30 AM · HYBRID HEARING - Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2022-06-21 · 10:00 AM · Hybrid Hearing - Committee Room – 250 Broadway, 16th Floor
City Council · 2022-06-02 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 3-119.6 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law of the city of New York for the year 2022, relating to a public information and outreach campaign regarding safe access to reproductive health care, as proposed in introduction number 474-A for the year 2022, is amended by adding a new paragraph 8 to read as follows: (8) (a) Facilities that deceptively advertise or are otherwise misleading when offering reproductive health services, including information related to: (i) services such facilities do and do not typically provide; (ii) how such facilities typically depict their services to the public; (iii) the effect such facilities have on timely and safe access to pregnancy related services; (iv) how to make a complaint regarding deceptive behaviors by such facilities. (b) The information required by this paragraph shall be made available to the public and may be updated as necessary with relevant findings by the state of New York and organizations dedicated to providing comprehensive reproductive health services; and � 2. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to a public information and outreach campaign regarding safe access to reproductive health care, as proposed in introduction number 474-A for the year 2022, takes effect. SJ/RMC/DSS LS #2485 7/6/22 1 2