New York S 8885: Requires not-for-profit hospitals inform patients that low to moderate income persons may qualify for help with medical bills through such hospitals charitable programs

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S08885 Summary:

BILL NOS08885 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10448

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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Amd §310, Exec L

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Requires the definition of "minority" to include "people with disabilities" pursuant to the Human Rights law in order for such people with disabilities to be eligible for state contract set asides.

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01/13/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8885

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. WEBER, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and
 Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of
 "minority group member"

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 8 of section 310 of
 2 the executive law, as added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, are
 3 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
 4 (c) Native American or Alaskan native persons having origins in any of
 5 the original peoples of North America[.];
 6 (d) Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the
 7 Far East countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the
 8 Pacific Islands[.];
 9 (e) A person with a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one of
 10 section two hundred ninety-two of this chapter.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 12 the amendments to subdivision 8 of section 310 of the executive law made
 13 by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section
 14 and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14441-02-6

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