Bill Text: NY A10274 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the maximum amount of individual awards for the physician loan repayment program and physician practice support program to encourage physicians to practice in underserved areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-08 - referred to health [A10274 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10274-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10274 IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the maximum amount of individual awards for the physician loan repayment program and physician practice support program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of section 2807-m of the 2 public health law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 58 of 3 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Beginning January first, two thousand eight, the commissioner is 5 authorized, within amounts available pursuant to subdivision five-a of 6 this section, to make loan repayment awards to primary care physicians 7 or other physician specialties determined by the commissioner to be in 8 short supply, licensed to practice medicine in New York state, who agree 9 to practice for at least five years in an underserved area, as deter- 10 mined by the commissioner. Such physician shall be eligible for a loan 11 repayment award of up to [one] two hundred fifty thousand dollars over a 12 five year period distributed as follows: fifteen percent of total loan 13 debt not to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the first year; fifteen 14 percent of total loan debt not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars 15 for the second year; twenty percent of total loan debt not to exceed 16 thirty-five thousand dollars for the third year; and twenty-five percent 17 of total loan debt not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars per year 18 for the fourth year; and any unpaid balance of the total loan debt not 19 to exceed the maximum award amount for the fifth year of practice in 20 such area. 21 § 2. Subdivision 12 of section 2807-m of the public health law, as 22 added by section 3 of part R of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, is 23 amended to read as follows: 24 12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, applications 25 submitted on or after April first, two thousand sixteen, for the physi- 26 cian loan repayment program pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision 27 five-a of this section and subdivision ten of this section or the physi- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11590-01-9A. 10274 2 1 cian practice support program pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 five-a of this section, shall be subject to the following changes: 3 (a) Awards shall be made from the total funding available for new 4 awards under the physician loan repayment program and the physician 5 practice support program, with neither program limited to a specific 6 funding amount within such total funding available; 7 (b) An applicant may apply for an award for either physician loan 8 repayment or physician practice support, but not both; 9 (c) An applicant shall agree to practice for three years in an under- 10 served area and each award shall provide up to [forty thousand]: 11 (i) eighty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars for each 12 of the three years for a physician loan repayment award; 13 (ii) sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars for each of the 14 three years for a physician practice support award; and 15 (d) To the extent practicable, awards shall be timed to be of use for 16 job offers made to applicants. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.