A Local Law in relation to reporting on the number of youths that have lost parents, legal guardians or caretakers to COVID-19.

Summary

This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue to the Mayor and to the Speaker and to publish on the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website a monthly report on the number of youths under the age of eighteen who have lost a parent, legal guardian or caretaker to the new coronavirus, COVID-19. The proposed legislation would allow the Commissioner to make a recommendation with any report as to whether continued reporting on such topic is necessary.

Official summary of legislation · NYC Council