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Steps taken by DOHMH to protect patients at H&H facilities
1:07:23
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Council Member Farah Louis inquires about steps taken by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to protect patients at Health and Hospitals (H&H) facilities in light of federal executive orders. Ronald Porcelli emphasizes ongoing education efforts regarding the city's human rights law, particularly in healthcare contexts.
- Focus on educating about the comprehensive city human rights law
- Acknowledgment of the challenges in understanding and applying the law in various healthcare situations
- Emphasis on continued education and enforcement of the city human rights law in healthcare settings
Farah Louis
1:07:23
Thank you for that and I know the council member already asked a question about executive order 14187 but I wanted to know if you could highlight because you know this is an interagency response.
1:07:34
I wanted to know what steps are you aware of that DOHMH has taken to ensure that patients of H and H facilities will be protected in a situation or if a situation arise Because that would be reported back to you guys at some point, right?
Ronald Porcelli
1:07:51
So with regards to that question, we continue to educate on the city human rights law and educate on it with regards to healthcare.
1:08:01
When you have such an extensive human rights law, I remember when I was a practicing attorney and I was first introduced to the human rights law, it is quite comprehensive and it could be challenging to understand all the different factual circumstances in which it is applicable.
1:08:17
And so continuing to educate on that particularly in the healthcare context is absolutely essential.
1:08:24
It's not necessarily super intuitive.
1:08:28
When there is a lot of text it takes time.
1:08:31
So we will continue to educate on that and continue obviously to enforce the city human rights law in those healthcare settings.