* § 240. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:

1. "Underserved populations" shall mean those who have experienced
injustices and disadvantages as a result of their race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability
status, age, immigration status, and/or socioeconomic status, among
others as determined by the commissioner of health.

2. "Racially and ethnically diverse area" shall mean a county with a
non-white population of forty percent or more, or the service area of an
agency, corporation, facility or individual providing medical and/or
health services whose non-white population is forty percent or more.

3. "Provider" shall mean any agency, corporation, facility, or
individual providing medical and/or health care services to underserved
populations.

4. "Office" shall mean the office of health equity, as created
pursuant to section two hundred forty-one of this title.

5. "Health equity council" shall mean that advisory body to the
commissioner, created pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred
forty-three of this title.

6. "Health disparities" shall mean measurable differences in health
status, access to care, and quality of care as determined by race,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, a preferred language
other than English, gender expression, disability status, aging
population, immigration status, and socioeconomic status.

7. "Health equity" shall mean achieving the highest level of health
for all people and shall entail focused efforts to address avoidable
inequalities by equalizing those conditions for health for those that
have experienced injustices, socioeconomic disadvantages, and systemic
disadvantages.

8. "Social determinants of health" shall mean life-enhancing
resources, such as availability of healthful foods, quality housing,
economic opportunity, social relationships, transportation, education,
and health care, whose distribution across populations effectively
determines the length and quality of life.

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