Int 0294-2024
Reporting of data related to COVID-19.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2024-02-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to publish on its website certain information related to COVID-19, including the daily rate of tests, positive tests, vaccinations and deaths. This information would have to be reported no later than 7 days after the date DOHMH receives the data.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
How it compares
42% of similar bills passed
21 passed · 29 died
This bill: 671 days in committee
Similar bills: median 405 days · 140 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Health.
Ranked by how closely each matches this bill's topic — closest first:
Int 0177-2022
Reporting of data related to COVID-19.
626dFiled
Int 1970-2020
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on the number of cases of communicable disease during a state of emergency.
560dFiled
Int 1961-2020
Public reporting on contact tracing for COVID-19.
32dEnacted
Int 0631-2022
Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report information regarding vaccination related to monkeypox,
506dFiled
Int 1161-2016
Reporting on HPV vaccination rates.
313dEnacted
Int 0409-2022
Increasing access to data on maternal mortality and morbidity.
82dEnacted
+ 44 more comparable bills
Sponsors (8)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 294
- Int. No. 294
- February 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.19 to read as follows:
� 17-199.19 Reporting on COVID-19. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "COVID-19" means the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
b. The department shall maintain a website where it reports and updates daily the following information for each zip code:
1. The number of tests for COVID-19 performed;
2. The number of COVID-19 tests that were positive;
3. The percentage of COVID-19 tests that were positive;
4. The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered; and
5. The number of deaths due to COVID-19.
c. The information reported pursuant to subdivision b shall be posted on the website no later than seven days following the date the department receives such data.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
Session 13
LS #4638/5599/5809/6707
1/11/24
Session 12
NAB
LS #4638/5599/5809/6707
4/1/22 11:40AM
2