Assembly Bill A1672

2023-2024 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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    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1672 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §414, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A978
2011-2012: A467
2013-2014: A1488
2015-2016: A1850
2017-2018: A502
2019-2020: A3560
2021-2022: A43

2023-A1672 (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.

2023-A1672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1672
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, OTIS, LEMONDES -- read once and referred
   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.
                                                            LBD01158-01-3
 A. 1672                             2
              

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