Assembly Bill A2116

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the award of scholarships and loan forgiveness for dentists and podiatrists on the same terms as physicians

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2116 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4851
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§605 & 677, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2721
2011-2012: A2859
2013-2014: A4050
2015-2016: A2531
2019-2020: A3679
2021-2022: A1846
2023-2024: A3509

2017-A2116 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the award of regents scholarships and loan forgiveness for dentists and podiatrists on the same terms as physicians and dentists.

2017-A2116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2116
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  regents  professional
   education  scholarships, health care professional opportunity scholar-
   ships and loan forgiveness for podiatrists and dentists

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  605 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 31 of the  laws  of  1985,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Regents  professional  education  in  medicine [or], dentistry, OR
 PODIATRY scholarships. Regents professional education in medicine  [or],
 dentistry,  OR  PODIATRY  scholarships  shall  be awarded annually, on a
 competitive basis, to students beginning professional study in  medicine
 [or],  dentistry,  OR PODIATRY.   One hundred such scholarships shall be
 awarded annually, and shall be classified and  allocated  in  accordance
 with  regents rules. The provisions of this subdivision shall only apply
 to any recipient who receives his or her first award  payment  prior  to
 the  nineteen  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic
 year.
   § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 605 of the education law, as amended  by
 chapter  523  of  the  laws  of  1992,  subparagraph 3 of paragraph a as
 amended by section 89 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the  laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   9. Regents physician, DENTIST AND PODIATRIST loan forgiveness program.
 Regents  physician, DENTIST AND PODIATRIST loan forgiveness awards shall
 be awarded annually to physicians, DENTISTS AND PODIATRISTS who agree to
 practice medicine, DENTISTRY OR PODIATRY in an area of  New  York  state
 designated  by  the regents as having a shortage of physicians, DENTISTS
 OR PODIATRISTS.   Such awards  shall  be  classified  and  allocated  in
 accordance with regents rules.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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