---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state"
description: "Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8245"
citation: "New York S 8245 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-04-27"
last_action: "2020-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e1b575-4eff-49cc-bca3-466642bbfa0c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8245"
source_hash: "7f87c5f7684322f9b7b9e8221028f31f2e98315c7819f5b770d2c02d1f4ef26e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8245 (2019-2020) — Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state

Requires the department of health to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on minorities in New York state.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8245&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8245A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8245A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote - Version: A — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-04-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8245A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.652
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10517
- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.50
- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-14** SIGNED CHAP.99 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2e1b575-4eff-49cc-bca3-466642bbfa0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).