This bill would require the department of mental health and hygiene to create and distribute educational materials on drugs and opiates to the department of education and the department of youth and community development. It would also, then, require the department of education and the department of youth and community development to distribute these same educational materials to the schools, students, organizations, and youth within their jurisdictions and relying on their services.
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Preconsidered Int. No.
By Council Member Brannan
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to distributing educational materials on drugs and opiates awareness and prevention to junior high and high school students.
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 17-199.9 to read as follows:
§17-199.9 Educational materials on drugs and opiates awareness and prevention. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
DOE. The term “DOE” means the department of education.
DYCD. The term “DYCD” means the department of youth and community development.
b. The department shall develop age appropriate educational materials regarding drugs and opiates awareness and prevention.
c. Such materials shall be developed and made available by the department to DYCD and DOE for distribution, at a minimum, at the beginning of each academic calendar year.
d. The department shall ensure that such educational materials are available on the department’s website in English and each of the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code.
§ 2. Chapter 4 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-406 to read as follows:
§21-406 Distribution of educational materials on drugs and opiates to youth services programs.
a. The department shall distribute to youth in the department’s youth services programs annually, at a minimum, the educational materials on drugs and opiates awareness and prevention produced by the department of health and mental hygiene pursuant to section 17-200.
b. The department shall ensure that such educational materials are available on the department’s website in English and each of the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code.
§ 3. Chapter 8 of Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-969 to read as follows:
§21-969 Distribution of educational materials on drugs and opiates awareness and prevention. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
School. The term “school” means any school of the city school district of the city of New York that contains any combination of grades from grade 6 through grade 12.
Student. The term “student” means any pupil under the age of 21 as of September 1 of the academic period being reported, who does not have a high school diploma and who is enrolled in grade 6 or higher.
b. The department shall distribute to each school for distribution to every student of such school at the beginning of the academic calendar year, the educational materials on drugs and opiates awareness and prevention produced by the department of health and mental hygiene pursuant to section 17-200.
c. The department shall ensure that such educational materials are available in the main or central office in each school and that such materials are available on the department’s website in English and each of the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101 of the administrative code.
§ 4. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
NJC/SSY
LS 5394
2/13/2018