Assembly Bill A7942

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to professional obligations under the physician loan repayment program

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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-A7942 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6882
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

2023-A7942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to professional obligations under the physician loan repayment program; provides an option to practice as a physician engaged in private practice in an underserved area.

2023-A7942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7942
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to professional obli-
   gations under the physician loan repayment program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 12 of section  2807-m  of  the
 public  health  law,  as amended by section 6 of part Y of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) An applicant shall EITHER: (I) agree to practice for  three  years
 in an underserved area and each award shall provide up to forty thousand
 dollars  for  each  of  the  three years; OR (II) AGREE TO PRACTICE AS A
 PHYSICIAN ENGAGED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN AN UNDERSERVED  AREA  AND  EACH
 AWARD  SHALL  PROVIDE UP TO SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THE THREE
 YEARS; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  thirty-first  of  March  next
 succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11110-01-3

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