NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1216

Senate Bill S1216

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district

download bill text pdf

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Jan 11, 2019	referred to education

2019-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3560
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §414, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A978
2011-2012: S7137, A467
2013-2014: S1945, A1488
2015-2016: S2536, A1850
2017-2018: S1466, A502
2021-2022: S1155, A43
2023-2024: A1672

2019-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district upon the approval of the trustees or board of education of a school district.

2019-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1216

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the use of
schoolhouses and grounds by not-for-profit dental clinics

 
PURPOSE:

To add not-for-profit health clinics and dental clinics to the list of
authorized uses of school grounds upon the approval of the trustees or
board of education of a school district.

 
SUMMARY:

Sections 1 and 2 of the bill amend section 414 of the Education Law to
add dental health clinics to the list of uses which may be authorized on
school grounds by the trustees or board of education of a school
district. Such clinics serve families of the school district but does
not permit a district child from being excluded solely because the child

is not attending a district school.

Section 3 establishes the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Section 414 of the Education Law lists many uses of school grounds which
may be authorized by the trustees or board of education of a school
district, including: public libraries, teaching of the arts, recreation
and physical activities, civic forums, and child care services. This
bill would extend that list to allow not-for-profit health clinics and
dental clinics on school grounds at local option.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Not-for-profit health clinics and dental clinics operate in many New
York schools. These clinics are promoted by federal, state and local
public health agencies as sound public health policy and practice.
However, current law is unclear as to whether such clinics may be
authorized by school districts.

For many children and their families, access to health and dental care
is unreachable because of geographic, economic, language, and cultural
barriers. This problem is also compounded by a shortage of health and
dental professionals in many areas of the state. Programs such as the
North Country Children's Clinic are critical to promoting dental health
to underserved populations. However, this clinic, and many similarly
situated health centers in the state struggle with operational costs. To
provide the necessary services, these clinics use portable dental equip-
ment to provide dental services in school settings. This legislation
statutorily authorizes dental health programming in those school
districts desiring such services.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S.1466/A.502

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None. Any services provided would be paid for by existing federal, state
or other programs and would be operated on a not-for-profit basis.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1216
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the use of
   schoolhouses and grounds by not-for-profit dental clinics
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  414  of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
   (L) FOR APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS.
   (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   (A) "APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC" MEANS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CLINIC THAT
 WILL PROVIDE SERVICES DURING SCHOOL HOURS  AND/OR  NON-SCHOOL  HOURS  TO
 SCHOOL-AGE AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
   (B)  "SERVICES"  MEANS  DENTAL SERVICES AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE INSTRUC-
 TIONAL SERVICES UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED TO TEACH.
   (C) "SCHOOL" MEANS A PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD.
   (II)  HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS  WHO  PROVIDE  SERVICES IN APPROVED SCHOOL
 DENTAL HEALTH CLINICS SHALL BE DULY LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  TITLE  EIGHT  OF THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED BY LAW, AND
 SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED  BY
 THEIR RESPECTIVE PRACTICE ACTS.
   (III)  EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, THE COST OF PROVIDING
 DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE A  CHARGE
 UPON  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT.   BUILDING SPACE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SUCH A
 CLINIC SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL  BUILDING
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING BUILDING AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 414 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00412-01-9

 S. 1216                             2
 
   2. The trustees or board of education shall determine  the  terms  and
 conditions  for  such use which may include rental at least in an amount
 sufficient to cover all resulting expenses for  the  purposes  of  para-
 graphs  (a),  (b),  (c),  (d),  (e), (g), (i), (j) [and], (k) AND (L) of
 subdivision  one  of  this section. Any such use, pursuant to paragraphs
 (a), (c), (d), (h) [and],  (j)  AND  (L)  of  subdivision  one  of  this
 section,  shall  not  allow  the  exclusion of any district child solely
 because said child is not attending a district school or  not  attending
 the district school which is sponsoring such use or on which grounds the
 use is to occur.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.