---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to redefining the duties and renaming the office of minority health to the office of health equity and renaming the minority health council to the health equity council"
description: "Redefines the duties and renames the office of minority health to the office of health equity; renames the minority health council to the health equity council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9764"
citation: "New York A 9764 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DE LOS SANTOS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-01"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a0799a1-160f-4ef0-8cc0-036f72524bc2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9764"
source_hash: "ff718972d2a094ad4e5f9173a099e6096c7438a9b965a24e7fceb2e363c53827"
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 A 9764 (2021-2022) — Relates to redefining the duties and renaming the office of minority health to the office of health equity and renaming the minority health council to the health equity council

Redefines the duties and renames the office of minority health to the office of health equity; renames the minority health council to the health equity council.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9764&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **46–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DE LOS SANTOS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** REPORTED
- **2022-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.578
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9185
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1713
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a0799a1-160f-4ef0-8cc0-036f72524bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).