Bill Text: NY A05050 | 2021-2022 | 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 21-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-03 - held for consideration in higher education [A05050 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05050-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5050

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 10, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. PALMESANO, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, J. M. GIGLIO,
          GOODELL, MONTESANO, MORINELLO, SAYEGH, ASHBY, MANKTELOW, SALKA, TAGUE,
          WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BYRNES,  DiPIETRO,  FRIEND,
          HAWLEY,  B. MILLER, M. MILLER, REILLY -- 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.
                                                                   LBD08071-01-1