S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5975
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
to establishing the high need primary care medical personnel demon-
stration program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "high need primary care medical personnel demonstration program
act".
§ 2. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
title 8 to read as follows:
TITLE VIII
HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL
PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM
SECTION 269. HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.
§ 269. HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL
PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE SIX
LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED.
(A) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE SELECTED BASED
UPON THE FOLLOWING:
(1) THE AMOUNT OF PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE
LOCATION APPLYING FOR DESIGNATION;
(2) THE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE THROUGH MEDICAL ASSIST-
ANCE;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(3) THE CAPACITY OF THE APPLICANT LOCATION TO HOST PHYSICIANS LICENSED
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
AND
(4) THE BENEFIT TO THE APPROPRIATE HIGH NEED COMMUNITY IN THE
PROVISION OF PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
(B) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) TWO SHALL BE IN RURAL AREAS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
(2) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND AND ONE MILLION; AND
(3) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
2. ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. SUCH REPORT SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN
HEALTH RESULTS FOR PATIENTS AT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM LOCATIONS, AND THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATES, CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND VITAL STATISTICS THEREOF.
3. ALL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM LOCATIONS SHALL UTILIZE PHYSICIANS
LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE
EDUCATION LAW.
§ 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 6525 of the education law, as
added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1
as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, are amended to read as
follows:
1. Eligibility: The following persons shall be eligible for a limited
permit:
(1) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a physi-
cian except those relating to the examination and citizenship or perma-
nent residence in the United States;
(2) A foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from the
educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has passed an
examination satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in accord-
ance with the commissioner's regulations; [or]
(3) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this country on
a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical study, pursuant
to the exchange student program of the United States department of
state[.]; OR
(4) A PERSON WHO GRADUATES FROM A REGENTS, LIAISON COMMITTEE ON
MEDICAL EDUCATION OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION ACCREDITED MEDICAL
PROGRAM, OR A PERSON WHO GRADUATES FROM ANY OTHER MEDICAL PROGRAM WHO
HAS PASSED TWO REQUISITE STEPS OR PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL
LICENSING EXAMINATION OR NATIONAL BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS
EXAMINATION, WHERE SUCH A PERSON PRACTICES AT A MEDICAL FACILITY OR
PRACTICE DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice
medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in
a public, voluntary[,] or proprietary hospital, OR PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2023.