Assembly Actions -
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S9102
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S9102 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S5928
2023-2024: S7897
2019-S9102 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9102 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to require the office of minority health and health disparities prevention to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on transgender and non-binary racial and ethnic minorities in New York state PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to study the health impacts of COVID-19 on transgender racial and ethnic minorities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides that the purpose of the shall be to: (a) Identify statewide and regional rates of infection, hospitalization, recovery and mortality and any racial and ethnic disparities in such
2019-S9102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9102 I N S E N A T E November 20, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to require the office of minority health and health disparities prevention to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on transgender and non-binary racial and ethnic 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 office of minority health and health disparities prevention shall conduct a study on the differential health impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on transgender and non-binary 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 rates for transgender and non- binary racial and ethnic minorities and identify 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 disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, recovery and mortality rates for transgender and non- binary racial and ethnic minorities in any geographic area indicate the need to increase access to health care services and availability of disparity mitigation and prevention strategies in that area; (c) identify ways to reduce or eliminate transgender and non-binary racial and ethnic health care discrimination and disparities that contributed to disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, recovery and mortality rates; and (d) identify the extent to which COVID-19 regulations and/or restrictions led to any disparities in health care treatment for trans- gender and non-binary racial and ethnic minorities. 2. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the office of minority health and disparities prevention shall prepare and submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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