Senate Bill S8245A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8245 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10517
Law Section:
Public Health

2019-S8245 - Summary

Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state.

2019-S8245 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8245 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8245
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to require the department of health to conduct  a  study  on  the
   health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. 1. The department of health shall conduct a  study  on  the
 health  impacts  of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on minorities in
 New York state. The purpose of the study shall be to:
   (a) identify COVID-19  statewide  and  regional  rates  of  infection,
 hospitalization,  recovery  and  mortality  and  any  racial  and ethnic
 disparities in such rates, and medical, non-medical, and  system-related
 factors that may have contributed to such rate disparities;
   (b)  review  the  extent  to  which  racial  and ethnic disparities in
 COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, recovery and mortality rates  in  a
 geographic  area  indicate  the  need  to increase access to health care
 services in that area; and
   (c) identify ways to reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
 that contributed to such disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitaliza-
 tion, recovery and mortality rates.
   2. Within one year after the effective date of this act,  the  depart-
 ment  of  health shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er of the senate and the  minority  leader  of  the  assembly  a  report
 containing  the  study's  findings  concerning  the  rates  of  COVID-19
 infection, hospitalization, recovery and mortality and  any  racial  and
 ethnic  disparities in such rates and recommendations for legislative or
 other actions that can be undertaken to reduce or eliminate  racial  and
 ethnic  disparities  and  increase access to health care services in the
 state.
   § 2. This act take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16172-01-0

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2019-S8245A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10517
Law Section:
Public Health

2019-S8245A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state.

2019-S8245A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8245A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8245--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, METZGER, SEPULVEDA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  --  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to require the department of health to conduct  a  study  on  the
   health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The department of health shall conduct a  study  on  the
 differential  health  impacts  of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on
 racial and ethnic minorities in New York state. The purpose of the study
 shall be to:
   (a) identify COVID-19  statewide  and  regional  rates  of  infection,
 hospitalization,  recovery  and  mortality  and  any  racial  and ethnic
 disparities in such rates, and the potential medical, environmental, and
 system-related factors that may have contributed to such disparities;
   (b) review the extent  to  which  racial  and  ethnic  disparities  in
 COVID-19  infection,  hospitalization, recovery and mortality rates in a
 geographic area indicate the need to  increase  access  to  health  care
 services and availability of disparity mitigation and prevention strate-
 gies in that area; and
   (c) identify ways to reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
 that contributed to such disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitaliza-
 tion, recovery and mortality rates.
   2.  Within  one year after the effective date of this act, the depart-
 ment of health shall prepare and submit to the governor,  the  temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er  of  the  senate  and  the  minority  leader of the assembly a report
 containing  the  study's  findings  concerning  the  rates  of  COVID-19
 infection,  hospitalization,  recovery  and mortality and any racial and
 ethnic disparities in such rates and recommendations for legislative  or
 other  actions  that can be undertaken to reduce or eliminate racial and
 ethnic disparities and increase  access  to  health  care  services  and
 disparity mitigation and prevention strategies in the state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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