Bill Text: NY S08356 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8356 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the department of health to collect and maintain data relating to the sexual orientation and gender identity of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08356-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8356

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          department  of  health  to  collect  and maintain data relating to the
          sexual orientation and gender identity of individuals  diagnosed  with
          COVID-19

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

     1    Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     3    31. The department shall, in coordination with  local  departments  of
     4  health, collect and maintain data relating to the sexual orientation and
     5  gender identity of individuals who are diagnosed with COVID-19.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16365-01-0