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Int 1399-2025

Access to blood glucose test strips.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2025-09-25

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-09-25Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to make blood glucose test strips available at no cost to the public in 5 high-need areas, defined as areas of the city determined by DOHMH to warrant the distribution of blood glucose test strips based on relevant factors of access to blood glucose test strips, including social determinants of health, rates of diabetes, and rates of health insurance. DOHMH shall post the list of locations providing blood glucose test strips at no cost on its website.

Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).

How it compares

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 96 days in committee

Similar bills: median 558 days · 160 days when passed

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Sponsors (4)

Keith Powers(prime)
Lynn C. Schulman
Mercedes Narcisse
Justin L. Brannan

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-12 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-12-12 · Committee on Health
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Health · 2025-12-12 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
City Council · 2025-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-188.3 to read as follows: � 17-188.3 Blood glucose test strips. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "high-need area" means an area of the city determined by the department to warrant the distribution of blood glucose test strips based on relevant factors of access to blood glucose test strips, including social determinants of health, rates of diabetes, and rates of health insurance coverage. b. The department shall make blood glucose test strips available at no cost to the public in 5 high-need areas. The department shall post the list of locations providing blood glucose test strips at no cost on its website in plain language and in the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101. � 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law. JGP LS #20096 9/9/25 11:00 AM 1 1