Bill Text: NY S03064 | 2021-2022 | 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 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03064 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03064-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3064 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, GOUNARDES -- 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 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 379 of the laws of 2008, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 12 in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents may 13 grant a three year waiver for an alien physician to practice in an area 14 which has been designated by the department as medically underserved, 15 except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not 16 to exceed six years to an alien physician to enable him or her to secure 17 citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being 18 actively pursued; and provided further that the board of regents may 19 grant an additional three year waiver, and at its expiration, an exten- 20 sion for a period not to exceed six additional years, for the holder of 21 an H-1b visa, an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor visa thereto; 22 § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 6554 of the education law, as amended by 23 chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03626-01-1S. 3064 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 4 in the United States; 5 § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 6604 of the education law, as amended by 6 chapter 403 of the laws of 2002, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 10 in the United States; provided, however, that the board of regents may 11 grant a three year waiver for an alien to practice in an area which has 12 been designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, 13 except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not 14 to exceed six years to an alien to enable him or her to secure citizen- 15 ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active- 16 ly pursued; 17 § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 6609 of the education law, as amended by 18 chapter 403 of the laws of 2002, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 22 in the United States; provided, however, that the board of regents may 23 grant a three year waiver for an alien to practice in an area which has 24 been designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, 25 except that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not 26 to exceed six years to an alien to enable him or her to secure citizen- 27 ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active- 28 ly pursued; 29 § 6. Subdivision 6 of section 6704 of the education law, as amended by 30 chapter 201 of the laws of 2007, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 34 in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents may 35 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 80 of the laws of 2000, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 47 in the United States; provided, however that the board of regents may 48 grant a one-time three-year waiver for an animal health technician who 49 otherwise meets the requirements of this article and provided further 50 that the board of regents may grant an extension of such three-year 51 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 133 of the laws of 1982, 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 childhoodS. 3064 3 1 arrivals program, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 2 in the United States; 3 § 9. Subdivision 6 of section 6955 of the education law, as added by 4 chapter 327 of the laws of 1992, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 8 in the United States. 9 § 10. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the education 10 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 15 in the United States; 16 § 11. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the education 17 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 22 in the United States; 23 § 11-a. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the educa- 24 tion law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2019, is amended to 25 read 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 29 in the United States; 30 § 12. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7324 of the education 31 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, 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 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 36 in the United States; 37 § 13. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7504 of the education 38 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read 39 as follows: 40 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 41 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 42 arrivals program, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 43 in the United States; 44 § 14. Subdivision 5 of section 7804 of the education law, as amended 45 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 46 (5) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen, an 47 individual enrolled in the federal deferred action for childhood 48 arrivals program, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 49 in the United States; 50 § 15. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 51 have become a law; provided, however, that section eleven-a of this act 52 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 322 53 of the laws of 2019, takes effect. Effective immediately, the addition, 54 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the 55 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 56 made and completed on or before such effective date.
