New York S 6303: Requires the department of health to collect and report certain data concerning COVID 19

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Requires the department of health to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19 including racial, ethnic, and other demographic disparities throughout the state which are contributing to the amount of positive cases and the care provided for such.

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6303

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT in relation to requiring the New York state department of health
 to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "equitable data collection and disclosure on COVID-19 act".
 3 § 2. Findings. (a) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared
 4 COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international concern" on January
 5 30, 2020. By late March 2020, there have been over 470,000 confirmed
 6 cases of, and 20,000 deaths associated with, COVID-19 worldwide.
 7 (b) In the United States, cases of COVID-19 have quickly surpassed
 8 those across the world, and as of April 12, 2020, over 500,000 cases and
 9 20,000 deaths have been reported in the United States alone.
 10 (c) Reports have shown racial inequities in COVID-19 testing and
 11 treatment, specifically in communities of color and in Limited English
 12 Proficient (LEP) communities.
 13 (d) The burden of morbidity and mortality in the United States has
 14 historically fallen disproportionately on marginalized communities,
 15 those who suffer the most from great public health needs and are the
 16 most medically underserved.
 17 (e) Historically, structures and systems, such as racism, ableism and
 18 class oppression, have rendered affected individuals more vulnerable to
 19 inequities and have prevented people from achieving their optimal health
 20 even when there is not a crisis of pandemic proportions.
 21 (f) Significant differences in access to health care, specifically to
 22 primary health care providers, health care information, and greater
 23 perceived discrimination in health care place communities of color,
 24 individuals with disabilities, and LEP individuals at greater risk of
 25 receiving delayed, and perhaps poorer, health care.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10392-01-5

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 1 (g) Communities of color experience higher rates of chronic disease
 2 and disabilities, such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, than non-
 3 Hispanic White communities, which predisposes them to greater risk of
 4 complications and mortality should they contract COVID-19.
 5 (h) Such communities are made even more vulnerable to the uncertainty
 6 of the preparation, response, and events surrounding the pandemic public
 7 health crisis, COVID-19. For instance, in the recent past, multiple
 8 epidemiologic studies and reviews have reported higher rates of hospi-
 9 talization due to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic among the poor, individuals
 10 with disabilities and preexisting conditions, those living in impover-
 11 ished neighborhoods, and individuals of color and ethnic backgrounds in
 12 the United States. These findings highlight the urgency to adapt the
 13 COVID-19 response to monitor and act on these inequities via data
 14 collection and research by race and ethnicity.
 15 (i) Research experts recognize that there are underlying differences
 16 in illness and death when each of these factors are examined through
 17 socioeconomic and racial or ethnic lenses. These socially determinant
 18 factors of health accelerate disease and degradation.
 19 (j) Without clear understanding of how COVID-19 impacts marg