Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use
Committee
NYC Council Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use: members, chair, recent bills, and hearing schedule, from the public record.
- Type
- Committee
- Members
- 7
- Recent meetings
- 12
Chair
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
Members
- Shirley Aldebol Council Member, District 13 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Ty Hankerson Council Member, District 28 (Queens)
- Joann Ariola Council Member, District 32 (Queens)
- Simcha Felder Council Member, District 44 (Brooklyn)
Agencies in its jurisdiction
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Recent bills in committee
- T2026-2350 Oversight - Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Associated Mental Health Outcomes for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. Committee
- T2026-2424 Oversight - Mental Health Services for Veterans and Military Families. Committee
- Res 0604-2026 Daniel’s Law (S.3670/A.4617). Committee
- Int 0067-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a public outreach and education campaign regarding the availability and use of fentanyl test strips Committee
- Int 0283-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a construction site opioid antagonist program Committee
- Int 0278-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation and publicization of an online portal for vulnerable and homebound individuals to voluntarily facilitate their inclusion Committee
- Res 0257-2026 Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, legislation amending the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 to allow for the operation of legitimate supervised consumption sites around the Committee
- Res 0258-2026 Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass and the President to sign amendments to the Len Bias Law, known as the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 H.R.5484, to ensure that family members or associate drug users Committee
- Res 0259-2026 Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass and the President to sign, H.R.2400, which would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during Committee
- Res 0261-2026 Resolution calling on United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice to issue guidance that they will not prosecute overdose prevention centers under section 856 of the Controlled Substances Committee