City Council approved Int. 1056 by a 37-7 vote, mandating annual competency training for Department of Health and Mental Hygiene physicians and nurses working in public schools on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. The measure was carried by Brooklyn Councilmember Crystal Hudson, a member and former chair of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus, and responded to concerns that school medical personnel lacked familiarity with evolving LGBTQ medical care. Hudson noted that the public school system serving 915,000 children had no prior training requirement. Council also approved Int. 0628, requiring signage outlining transgender patient rights.
City lawmakers voted 37-7 in favor of Int. 1056, which requires physicians and nurses who work for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and who work in public schools in the Office of School Health to complete competency training annually regarding health concerns related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. The legislation was carried by out Brooklyn Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus and formerly served as its chair.
Lawmakers also voted 37-7 to approve Int. 0628, which was carried by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and would require the city health department to design signs outlining the rights of transgender patients. The signs would feature information about an individual's right to be referred to by their preferred name, title, gender, and pronoun and the legislation would require the city to work with hospitals to identify
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