Int 0646-2024

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 10-174 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new definitions of "deaf and hard of hearing community" and "person who is deaf plus" in alphabetical order to read as follows: Deaf and hard of hearing community. The term "deaf and hard of hearing community" means persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind, and persons who are deaf plus. Person who is deaf plus. The term "person who is deaf plus" means a natural person who is deaf or hard of hearing and has no less than 1 additional disability. � 2. Subdivision b of section 10-174 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 78 for the year 2016 and as redesignated by local law number 89 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows: b. By no later than [six] 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner, in consultation with the police commissioner and fire commissioner, shall issue to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a report on the implementation of next generation 911 within the 911 emergency assistance system. Such report shall contain (i) a description of the current implementation plan, including planned next steps, (ii) a description of steps taken towards implementation since the prior report, (iii) a description of the feasibility of implementing a 911 text message transmission capability before full implementation of next generation 911, (iv) a description of any efforts to hire or retain an expert on accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing community to assess the requirements for implementation of next generation 911, (v) information on the qualifications of any such experts hired or retained to assess such requirements, (vi) a description of any plans for informing the deaf and hard of hearing community on the availability of next generation 911, including 911 text message transmission capability, following implementation of next generation 911, and [(iv)] (vii) any other information the commissioner deems relevant. � 3. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 13 IB LS #11886 2/5/25 6:20 PM Session 12 TZ LS #11886 7/27/23 4:57 PM 2 2