Bill Text: NY A05298 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to developing and implementing a residency program initiative to service medically underserved areas; makes appropriation therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A05298 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05298-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5298
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 17, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  developing  and
         implementing  a  residency  program  initiative  to  service medically
         underserved areas; and making an appropriation therefor
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  2807-mm to read as follows:
    3    S 2807-MM. RESIDENT PROGRAM INITIATIVE  TO  SERVICE  MEDICALLY  UNDER-
    4  SERVED  AREAS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A RESIDENCY
    5  PROGRAM INITIATIVE FOR PHYSICIANS WHO AGREE TO WORK IN MEDICALLY  UNDER-
    6  SERVED  AREAS  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE AS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS
    7  HAVING A SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS IN CERTAIN AREAS. THIS  INITIATIVE  WILL
    8  FUND FIFTY RESIDENCY POSITIONS.
    9    2. THE PHYSICIAN APPLICANT MUST:
   10    (A)  COMPLETE A RESIDENCY PROGRAM INITIATIVE APPLICATION, AS DEVELOPED
   11  BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   12    (B) HAVE ENTERED THE  NATIONAL  RESIDENT  MATCHING  PROGRAM  AND  HAVE
   13  FAILED TO MATCH; AND
   14    (C) BE A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE; AND
   15    (D) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOL AND
   16  HAVE  PASSED THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION STEPS 1 AND
   17  2; OR
   18    (E) BE CERTIFIED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRAD-
   19  UATES.
   20    3. NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS MUST COMPLETE A  RESI-
   21  DENCY PROGRAM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION, AS DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   22    4.  IN  ORDER  FOR A NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO BE
   23  APPROVED IT MUST BE EITHER A TEACHING HOSPITAL OR HAVE TEACHING HOSPITAL
   24  OVERSIGHT AND BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07940-01-5
       A. 5298                             2
    1    5. RESIDENCY POSITIONS FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE  AWARDED  TO
    2  INTERESTED  HOSPITALS  ON  A COMPETITIVE BASIS PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR
    3  PROPOSAL OR REQUEST FOR APPLICATION PROCESS.
    4    6.  THE  DEPARTMENT  WILL  MATCH  PHYSICIAN  APPLICANTS  WITH APPROVED
    5  MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS.
    6    7. UPON ACCEPTANCE TO AN APPROVED MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM THE PHYSI-
    7  CIAN APPLICANT MUST SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE WHEREBY THE PHYSICIAN
    8  APPLICANT AGREES TO WORK IN NEW YORK STATE IN  A  MEDICALLY  UNDERSERVED
    9  AREA  AT  THE  COMPLETION  OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCY FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE
   10  YEARS.  THE LOCATION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND MUST  ACCEPT
   11  MEDICAID  AND MEDICARE.  THE PHYSICIAN APPLICANT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO
   12  REPAY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COST OF THEIR RESIDENCY SHOULD THEY  EITHER
   13  FAIL  TO  COMPLETE  THE RESIDENCY OR THE SUBSEQUENT SERVICE REQUIREMENT.
   14  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE GIVEN THE POWER TO WAIVE OR MODIFY THE  REPAY-
   15  MENT REQUIREMENT IN CASES WHERE THERE IS A COMPELLING NEED OR HARDSHIP.
   16    S  2. The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), or so much thereof
   17  as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of  health
   18  from  any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit
   19  of the  state  purposes  account  not  otherwise  appropriated  for  the
   20  purposes  of  carrying out the provisions of this act. Such sum shall be
   21  payable on the audit and warrant of the state  comptroller  on  vouchers
   22  certified  or approved by the commissioner of health, or his duly desig-
   23  nated representative in the manner provided by law.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   26  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   27  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   28  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   29  effective date.