Senate Bill S4343

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Expands out of state medical and dental school opportunities for N.Y. state residents to certain universities outside the country

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher 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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2009-S4343 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education
Laws Affected:
Amd Title, ยงยง1 & 2, Chap 576 of 1975
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2115

2009-S4343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Seeks to open accessibility for academically qualified students who are bona fide residents of the state of New York to obtain reserved seats at minority institutions of higher learning; authorizes commissioner of education to contract with the University of Padua, Padua, Italy, the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, the City University of New York Medical School, for the purpose of expanding opportunities for New York state residents to study medicine.

2009-S4343 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4343

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1975, relating to authorizing
  the commissioner of education to contract with certain schools for the
  purpose of expanding opportunities for residents of New York state  to
  study  medicine  or  dentistry, in relation to authorizing the commis-
  sioner of education to contract with the university of  Padua,  Padua,
  Italy,  the  Royal  College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, St. George's
  University school of medicine, Grenada and the Sophie Davis school  of
  biomedical  education,  the city university of New York medical school
  for the purpose of expanding opportunities for residents of  New  York
  state to study medicine and dentistry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The title and sections 1 and 2 of chapter 576 of  the  laws
of  1975,  relating  to  authorizing  the  commissioner  of education to
contract with certain schools for the purpose of expanding opportunities
for residents of New York state to  study  medicine  or  dentistry,  the
title  and  section  1  as  amended  by chapter 856 of the laws of 1980,
section 2 as amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 1985, are  amended  to
read as follows:
  AN  ACT  to  authorize  the commissioner of education to contract with
[the university of Vermont, the school of medicine at Morehouse college,
Meharry medical college and school of dentistry, the university of Puer-
to Rico medical school and the Sackler school of medicine of the univer-
sity of Tel Aviv] CERTAIN SCHOOLS OF  MEDICINE  AND  DENTISTRY  for  the
purpose  of  expanding  opportunities for residents of New York state to
study medicine and dentistry[.]
  Section 1. The commissioner of education is  hereby  authorized,  upon
the  approval  of  the  director of the budget, to enter into a contract
with the university of Vermont, the  school  of  medicine  at  Morehouse

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01838-01-9
              

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