Committee on Women and Gender Equity
TL;DR
The Committee on Women and Gender Equity held an oversight hearing on access to gender-affirming care and mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth, and considered three separate legislative proposals. The committee advanced a local law requiring the city health department to create online resources and a searchable map of LGBTQI+ health services, along with two resolutions urging state action on medical student bias training and a state gender-affirming care program.
Key Decisions
- Local Law: LGBTQI+ Health Resources and Services Map Introduced
- Resolution: State Anti-Bias Training for Medical Students Introduced
- Resolution: State Gender-Affirming Care Program Introduced
- Oversight Hearing: Gender-Affirming Care Access and Mental Health Outcomes Held
Agenda
- T2026-2352 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