Senate Bill S1155

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S1155 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A43
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A978
2011-2012: S7137, A467
2013-2014: S1945, A1488
2015-2016: S2536, A1850
2017-2018: S1466, A502
2019-2020: S1216, A3560
2023-2024: A1672

2021-S1155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district upon the approval of the trustees or board of education of a school district.

2021-S1155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1155
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the use of
   schoolhouses and grounds by not-for-profit dental clinics
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  414  of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
   (L) FOR APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS.
   (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   (A) "APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC" MEANS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CLINIC THAT
 WILL PROVIDE SERVICES DURING SCHOOL HOURS  AND/OR  NON-SCHOOL  HOURS  TO
 SCHOOL-AGE AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
   (B)  "SERVICES"  MEANS  DENTAL SERVICES AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE INSTRUC-
 TIONAL SERVICES UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED TO TEACH.
   (C) "SCHOOL" MEANS A PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD.
   (II)  HEALTH  PROFESSIONALS  WHO  PROVIDE  SERVICES IN APPROVED SCHOOL
 DENTAL HEALTH CLINICS SHALL BE DULY LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  TITLE  EIGHT  OF THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED BY LAW, AND
 SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED  BY
 THEIR RESPECTIVE PRACTICE ACTS.
   (III)  EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, THE COST OF PROVIDING
 DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE A  CHARGE
 UPON  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT.   BUILDING SPACE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SUCH A
 CLINIC SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL  BUILDING
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING BUILDING AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 414 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02537-01-1
              

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