Senate Bill S5210

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists

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  • 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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2011-S5210 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7179
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S2190, A2719
2015-2016: S3020, A3747
2017-2018: S3939, A5279
2019-2020: S954, S4867, A3977
2021-2022: S4520, A7345
2023-2024: S4334, A1454

2011-S5210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists.

2011-S5210 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5210

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the
  Doctors Across New York program to include dentists

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5-a of section 2807-m  of  the
public  health  law, as amended by section 26 of part C of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (d) Physician AND/OR DENTIST loan repayment program.  One million nine
hundred sixty thousand dollars for the period January first,  two  thou-
sand  eight  through  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  eight, one
million nine hundred sixty  thousand  dollars  for  the  period  January
first,  two  thousand  nine  through December thirty-first, two thousand
nine, one million nine hundred sixty thousand  dollars  for  the  period
January first, two thousand ten through December thirty-first, two thou-
sand  ten,  four  hundred ninety thousand dollars for the period January
first, two thousand eleven  through  March  thirty-first,  two  thousand
eleven, and one million seven hundred thousand dollars each state fiscal
year for the period April first, two thousand eleven through March thir-
ty-first,  two thousand fourteen, shall be set aside and reserved by the
commissioner from the regional pools established pursuant to subdivision
two of this section and shall be available  for  purposes  of  physician
AND/OR DENTIST loan repayment in accordance with subdivision ten of this
section.  Such  funding  shall be allocated regionally with one-third of
available funds going to New York city and two-thirds of available funds
going to the rest of the state and shall be distributed in a  manner  to
be determined by the commissioner as follows:
  (i) Funding shall first be awarded to repay loans of up to twenty-five
physicians AND/OR DENTISTS who train in primary care or specialty tracks
in  teaching general hospitals, and who enter and remain in primary care

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10764-01-1
              

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