Assembly Bill A10638

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for dentist loan repayment and practice support

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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

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2023-A10638 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

2023-A10638 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for dentist loan repayment and practice support for dentists who agree to practice in an underserved area in the state.

2023-A10638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10638
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Woerner) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  providing  for
   dentist loan repayment and practice support
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 2807-m of the public health  law
 is  amended  by  adding  two  new  paragraphs (c-1) and (d-1) to read as
 follows:
   (C-1) DENTIST LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. UP TO ONE  MILLION  TWO  HUNDRED
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PERIOD APRIL FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 SEVEN,  SHALL  BE  SET  ASIDE  AND RESERVED BY THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE
 REGIONAL POOLS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS  SECTION
 AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURPOSES OF DENTIST LOAN REPAYMENT IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH  SUBDIVISION  TEN-A  OF  THIS  SECTION.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 CONTRARY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED TWELVE AND  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE LAW, OR ANY OTHER CONTRARY
 PROVISION OF LAW, SUCH FUNDING SHALL BE ALLOCATED REGIONALLY  WITH  ONE-
 THIRD OF AVAILABLE FUNDS GOING TO NEW YORK CITY AND TWO-THIRDS OF AVAIL-
 ABLE  FUNDS GOING TO THE REST OF THE STATE AND SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED IN A
 MANNER TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BID OR
 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) FUNDING SHALL FIRST BE AWARDED TO  REPAY  LOANS  OF  UP  TO  EIGHT
 DENTISTS WHO TRAIN IN GENERAL OR PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY IN TEACHING GENERAL
 HOSPITALS, INCLUDING IN COMMUNITY CLINIC SETTINGS OWNED BY OR AFFILIATED
 WITH  SUCH  HOSPITALS,  AND WHO ENTER AND REMAIN IN GENERAL OR PEDIATRIC
 DENTISTRY PRACTICES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   (II)  AFTER  DISTRIBUTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS
 PARAGRAPH, ALL REMAINING FUNDS  SHALL  BE  AWARDED  TO  REPAY  LOANS  OF
 DENTISTS  WHO  ENTER  AND REMAIN IN GENERAL OR PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY PRAC-
 TICES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15836-02-4
              

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