Bill Text: NY A09129 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 9129 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Extends the expiration of provisions relating to a restricted dental faculty license; requires a report proposing legislation to address the shortage of New York trained dentists pursuing academic careers in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-04 - signed chap.410 [A09129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09129-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9129--A
                                                                Cal. No. 423
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate,
          recalled from the Senate, vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
        AN  ACT to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education
          law relating to a restricted dental faculty license,  in  relation  to
          extending the expiration of such chapter
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending  the
     2  education  law  relating  to  a  restricted  dental  faculty license, as
     3  amended by chapter 172 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect February 1, 2009 and shall expire
     6  February 1, [2017] 2019 when upon such date the provisions of  this  act
     7  shall be deemed repealed; provided that the commissioner of education is
     8  authorized  to  promulgate  rules and regulations necessary to implement
     9  the provisions of this act prior to such effective  date;  and  provided
    10  further  that  any  restricted  dental  faculty license awarded prior to
    11  February 1, [2017] 2019 shall remain valid and effective until the expi-
    12  ration thereof.
    13    § 2. No later than December 1, 2016, the deans of the academic  dental
    14  centers  in New York state shall submit a report to the governor and the
    15  chairs of the senate  and  assembly  higher  education  committees  that
    16  includes a proposal for legislation to address the shortage of New York-
    17  trained  dentists  pursuing  academic  careers  in  New York state. Such
    18  proposal may, but is not required to, include, without limitation,  such
    19  elements  as  a  state-supported  scholarship program, a state-supported
    20  debt forgiveness program, a distinct academic program and  course  load,
    21  and other elements designed to ensure sufficient capacity to fill facul-
    22  ty vacancies among New York state academic dental centers from among the
    23  graduates  of such schools, and from other dentists licensed by New York
    24  state.
    25    § 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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