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 create pamphlets identifying mental health resources available to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss

Summary

This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create pamphlets designed to provide information about potential mental health effects of experiencing pregnancy loss and to identify mental health resources available to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss. The Commissioner would be required to distribute such pamphlets to facilities operated or contracted by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that provide reproductive healthcare, and to make such pamphlets available to reproductive healthcare providers in New York City for distribution to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss.

Official summary of legislation · NYC Council