285.982 Elimination of Race-Correction in Medical Testing
The Medical Society of the State of New York recognizes that the false conflation of race with inherent biological or genetic traits leads to inadequate examination of true underlying disease risk factors, which exacerbates existing health inequities.
MSSNY encourages characterizing race as a social construct, rather than an inherent biological trait, and recognizes that when race is described as a risk factor, it is more likely to be a proxy for influences including structural racism than a proxy for genetics.
MSSNY will support legislative or regulations that eliminate raced based testing in medical tests and algorithms in New York State. (HOD 2023-159)
