Bill Text: NY A03698 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to funds used for the physician loan repayment program and the regents physicians loan forgiveness program for physicians practicing in designated physician shortage areas and creates the medical malpractice rate relief program within the regents physician loan forgiveness program in designated physician shortage areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in higher education [A03698 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03698-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3698
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO,  BLANKENBUSH,  GARBARINO, GIGLIO,
          MONTESANO, RAIA, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BRABENEC,
          CROUCH,   DiPIETRO,   FINCH,   FRIEND,  HAWLEY,  LAWRENCE,  B. MILLER,
          M. L. MILLER, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
          Higher Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to funds used in the
          physician loan  repayment  program  and  the  regents  physician  loan
          forgiveness  program for physicians practicing in designated physician
          shortage areas
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 677 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  Medical  malpractice rate relief program. a. Physicians practicing
     4  in designated physician shortage areas in counties with a population  of
     5  less  than one hundred sixty thousand, according to the decennial census
     6  of two thousand, shall be awarded medical malpractice rate relief in  an
     7  amount to be determined by the commissioner of health.
     8    b.  The  commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regulations
     9  regarding program guidelines and the eligibility requirements for physi-
    10  cians.
    11    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 677-a of the education law is renumbered
    12  subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
    13    4. Physicians practicing in designated physician shortage areas.  a. A
    14  minimum of twenty-five percent of all funds used in this  program  shall
    15  be  dedicated  to physicians practicing in designated physician shortage
    16  areas in counties with a population of less than one hundred sixty thou-
    17  sand, according to the decennial census of two thousand.
    18    b. Any undistributed amounts remaining from paragraph a of this subdi-
    19  vision shall be available for distribution  by  the  president  for  the
    20  physician  loan  repayment program pursuant to subdivisions one, two and
    21  three of this section.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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