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                                   5662
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the maximum amount
   of individual awards for the  physician  loan  repayment  program  and
   physician practice support program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of section  2807-m  of  the
 public  health  law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Beginning January first, two thousand eight, the  commissioner  is
 authorized,  within  amounts available pursuant to subdivision five-a of
 this section, to make loan repayment awards to primary  care  physicians
 or  other  physician specialties determined by the commissioner to be in
 short supply, licensed to practice medicine in New York state, who agree
 to practice for at least five years in an underserved  area,  as  deter-
 mined  by  the commissioner. Such physician shall be eligible for a loan
 repayment award of up to [one] TWO hundred fifty thousand dollars over a
 five year period distributed as follows: fifteen percent of  total  loan
 debt  not  to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the first year; fifteen
 percent of total loan debt not to exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 for  the  second  year;  twenty percent of total loan debt not to exceed
 thirty-five thousand dollars for the third year; and twenty-five percent
 of total loan debt not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars  per  year
 for  the  fourth year; and any unpaid balance of the total loan debt not
 to exceed the maximum award amount for the fifth  year  of  practice  in
 such area.
   §  2.  Subdivision  12  of section 2807-m of the public health law, as
 added by section 3 of part R of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11590-01-9
              

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   12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, applications
 submitted  on or after April first, two thousand sixteen, for the physi-
 cian loan repayment program pursuant to  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision
 five-a of this section and subdivision ten of this section or the physi-
 cian  practice  support program pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision
 five-a of this section, shall be subject to the following changes:
   (a) Awards shall be made from the  total  funding  available  for  new
 awards  under  the  physician  loan  repayment program and the physician
 practice support program, with neither program  limited  to  a  specific
 funding amount within such total funding available;
   (b)  An  applicant  may  apply  for an award for either physician loan
 repayment or physician practice support, but not both;
   (c) An applicant shall agree to practice for three years in an  under-
 served area and each award shall provide up to [forty thousand]:
   (I)  EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE dollars for each
 of the three years FOR A PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT AWARD;
   (II) SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS FOR EACH OF  THE
 THREE YEARS FOR A PHYSICIAN PRACTICE SUPPORT AWARD; and
   (d)  To the extent practicable, awards shall be timed to be of use for
 job offers made to applicants.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.