Committee on Health
Committee
NYC Council Committee on Health: members, chair, recent bills, and hearing schedule, from the public record.
- Type
- Committee
- Members
- 13
- Recent meetings
- 24
Chair
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
Members
- Christopher Marte Council Member, District 1 (Manhattan)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Carl Wilson Council Member, District 3 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- James F. Gennaro Council Member, District 24 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Joann Ariola Council Member, District 32 (Queens)
- Susan Zhuang Council Member, District 43 (Brooklyn)
- Simcha Felder Council Member, District 44 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
Agencies in its jurisdiction
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Recent bills in committee
- T2026-2422 Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to maintain a public database of locations impacted by legionella. Introduced
- T2026-2364 Requiring an annual interagency cooling tower compliance review and increasing related enforcement. Introduced
- T2026-2320 Oversight - Legionnaires’ Disease, Cooling Tower Inspections, and Keeping New Yorkers Safe. Committee
- Int 0999-2026 Establishing temporary Legionnaires’ disease testing sites and a digital map of testing sites. Committee
- Int 1016-2026 Establishing a Legionnaires’ disease hotline. Committee
- Int 1017-2026 Requiring analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires’ disease clusters. Committee
- Int 1006-2026 Cleaning requirements for cooling towers. Committee
- Int 1005-2026 Education and outreach about Legionnaires’ disease and disease outbreaks. Committee
- Int 1013-2026 Requiring public education on benefits for those harmed by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. Committee
- Int 0969-2026 Public education campaign on appointing a health care agent and personal representative of an estate before high-risk medical procedures. Committee
- Int 0968-2026 Digital map of licensed animal boarding establishments and an awareness campaign about the dangers of using unlicensed boarding establishments. Committee
- Int 1303-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance Filed (End of Session)
- Int 1255-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting calf roping and the use of electric prods and flank straps in connection with rodeos Filed (End of Session)
- Res 0868-2025 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.8541/A.8946, legislation that mandates that Medicaid automatically authorize the coverage of validated blood pressure cuffs and Adopted
- Int 1399-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to access to blood glucose test strips Filed (End of Session)
- Int 1465-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to modifying the sodium warning at chain restaurants. Filed (End of Session)
- Int 1495-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating resources for doulas Filed (End of Session)
- Res 1136-2025 Resolution calling on the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation creating a refundable tax credit for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatment related medical expenses. Filed (End of Session)
- Int 1496-2025 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to public education and outreach on traumatic brain injuries and concussions Filed (End of Session)
- T2025-4509 Oversight - Status of HealthyNYC and Citywide Health Outcomes. Filed