Bill Text: NY A08231 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to permitting individuals enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program to apply for professional licenses if they meet all additional requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A08231 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08231-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8231 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting individuals enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood arrivals program to apply for professional licenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6501 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a qualified 4 applicant shall include individuals enrolled in the federal deferred 5 action for childhood arrivals program who meets all additional require- 6 ments prescribed for in the article for such particular profession. 7 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6524 of the education law, as amended by 8 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 10 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 11 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 12 dence in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents 13 may grant a three year waiver for a noncitizen physician to practice in 14 an area which has been designated by the department as medically under- 15 served, except that the board of regents may grant an additional exten- 16 sion not to exceed six years to a noncitizen physician to enable him or 17 her to secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such 18 status is being actively pursued; and provided further that the board of 19 regents may grant an additional three year waiver, and at its expira- 20 tion, an extension for a period not to exceed six additional years, for 21 the holder of an H-1b visa, an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor 22 visa thereto; 23 § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 6554 of the education law, as amended by 24 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07996-01-3A. 8231 2 1 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 2 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 3 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 4 dence in the United States; 5 § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 6604 of the education law, as amended by 6 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 7 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 8 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 9 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 10 dence in the United States; provided, however, that the board of regents 11 may grant a three year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area 12 which has been designated a federal dental health professions shortage 13 area, except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension 14 not to exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure 15 citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being 16 actively pursued; 17 § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 6609 of the education law, as amended by 18 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 19 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 20 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 21 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 22 dence in the United States; provided, however, that the board of regents 23 may grant a three year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area 24 which has been designated a federal dental health professions shortage 25 area, except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension 26 not to exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure 27 citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being 28 actively pursued; 29 § 6. Subdivision 6 of section 6704 of the education law, as amended by 30 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 31 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 32 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 33 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 34 dence in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents 35 may grant a one-time three-year waiver for a veterinarian who otherwise 36 meets the requirements of this article and who has accepted an offer to 37 practice veterinary medicine in a county in the state which the depart- 38 ment has certified as having a shortage of qualified applicants to fill 39 existing vacancies in veterinary medicine, and provided further that the 40 board of regents may grant an extension of such three-year waiver of not 41 more than one year; 42 § 7. Subdivision 6 of section 6711 of the education law, as amended by 43 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 44 6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 45 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 46 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 47 dence in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents 48 may grant a one-time three-year waiver for an animal health technician 49 who otherwise meets the requirements of this article and provided 50 further that the board of regents may grant an extension of such three- 51 year waiver of not more than one year; 52 § 8. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 6805 of the education 53 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 54 as follows: 55 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 56 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhoodA. 8231 3 1 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 2 dence in the United States; 3 § 9. Subdivision 6 of section 6955 of the education law, as added by 4 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 5 6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 6 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 7 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 8 dence in the United States. 9 § 10. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the education 10 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 11 as follows: 12 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 13 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 14 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 15 dence in the United States; 16 § 11. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the education 17 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 18 as follows: 19 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 20 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 21 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 22 dence in the United States; 23 § 12. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7324 of the education 24 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 25 as follows: 26 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 27 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 28 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 29 dence in the United States; 30 § 13. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7504 of the education 31 law, as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 32 as follows: 33 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 34 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 35 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 36 dence in the United States; 37 § 14. Subdivision 5 of section 7804 of the education law, as amended 38 by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 39 (5) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 40 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 41 arrivals program, or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 42 dence in the United States; 43 § 15. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 44 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 45 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 46 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 47 on or before such effective date.