Bill Text: NY S02113 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the application for admission to the practice of a profession by a veteran admitted to practice in another jurisdiction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02113 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02113-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2113 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the application for admission to the practice of a profession by a veteran admitted to practice in another jurisdiction The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6505-d. Application for admission to the practice of a profession by 4 a veteran admitted to practice in another jurisdiction. The commission- 5 er shall provide for temporary admission to the practice of a profession 6 by a veteran who is admitted to the practice of that profession in 7 another jurisdiction for the period of time it takes for the veteran's 8 application for admission to the practice of a profession in New York 9 state to be processed. Such application shall be determined by the 10 commissioner within thirty days of the filing of the application with 11 the commissioner by the veteran. If the commissioner determines that the 12 education, training and prior admission to the practice of a profession 13 in another jurisdiction are essentially equivalent to the requirements 14 necessary for admission to practice the profession in New York state, 15 then the commissioner shall grant such veteran admission to practice the 16 profession in New York state. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04257-01-9