N.Y. PBH Law § 240*2

* § 240. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Underserved populations" shall mean those who have experienced\ninjustices and disadvantages as a result of their race, ethnicity,\nsexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability\nstatus, age, immigration status, and/or socioeconomic status, among\nothers as determined by the commissioner of health.\n 2. "Racially and ethnically diverse area" shall mean a county with a\nnon-white population of forty percent or more, or the service area of an\nagency, corporation, facility or individual providing medical and/or\nhealth services whose non-white population is forty percent or more.\n 3. "Provider" shall mean any agency, corporation, facility, or\nindividual providing medical and/or health care services to underserved\npopulations.\n 4. "Office" shall mean the office of health equity, as created\npursuant to section two hundred forty-one of this title.\n 5. "Health equity council" shall mean that advisory body to the\ncommissioner, created pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred\nforty-three of this title.\n 6. "Health disparities" shall mean measurable differences in health\nstatus, access to care, and quality of care as determined by race,\nethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, a preferred language\nother than English, gender expression, disability status, aging\npopulation, immigration status, and socioeconomic status.\n 7. "Health equity" shall mean achieving the highest level of health\nfor all people and shall entail focused efforts to address avoidable\ninequalities by equalizing those conditions for health for those that\nhave experienced injustices, socioeconomic disadvantages, and systemic\ndisadvantages.\n 8. "Social determinants of health" shall mean life-enhancing\nresources, such as availability of healthful foods, quality housing,\neconomic opportunity, social relationships, transportation, education,\nand health care, whose distribution across populations effectively\ndetermines the length and quality of life.\n * NB There are 2 § 240's\n