Committee on Hospitals
TL;DR
The Committee on Hospitals held an oversight hearing and considered several measures related to gender-affirming care and LGBTQI+ health services for youth. The committee introduced a local law requiring the city health department to create online resources and a searchable map of LGBTQI+ health services, and passed resolutions calling on the state legislature to mandate anti-bias training for medical students and establish a state gender-affirming care program.
Key Decisions
- Oversight hearing on gender-affirming care access and mental health outcomes Hearing held
- Local law requiring DHHMH to create LGBTQI+ health resources and searchable services map Introduced
- Resolution calling for state medical student anti-bias training mandate Passed
- Resolution calling for state gender-affirming care program establishment Passed
Agenda
- T2026-2351 Oversight - Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Associated Mental Health Outcomes for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth.Oversight
- Int 0949-2026 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 and make available on their website LGBTQI+ health and gender-affirming care resources and a searchable map of LGBTQI+ health servicesIntroduction
- Res 0208-2026 Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.319/A.5625, which mandates all medical students in New York State to receive anti-bias trainingResolution
- Res 0547-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.8191/S.7985, establishing a gender-affirming care program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of gender-affirming care services in the stateResolution