NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8906A

Senate Bill S8906A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to applications for funds under the physician loan repayment and physician practice support programs

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 15, 2018	print number 8906a
Jun 15, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to rules
Jun 04, 2018	referred to rules

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2017-S8906 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11281
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4269, A5425

2017-S8906 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to appoint a work group to conduct a thorough review of the accessibility and fairness of the New York State Grant Gateway for individual applicants for funds under the physician loan repayment and physician practice support programs.

2017-S8906 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8906

SPONSOR: HANNON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
streamlining the application process for the primary care service corps
practitioner loan repayment program

 
PURPOSE:

To amend the Public Health Law, in relation streamlining the application
process for the primary care service corps practitioner loan repayment
program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the public health law by adding a new
section 925 to direct the department to assess the results of its devel-
opment and implementation of a more efficient application strategy
designed to improve, modernize and streamline all forms used in conjunc-
tion with all the Doctors Across New York Physician Loan Repayment and
Physician Practice Support Programs.

Section two of the bill establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Doctors Across New York (DANY) program has been a very successful
recruitment and retention initiative for physicians to serve in under-
served areas across the State, receive loan forgiveness, and practice
start-up financial support from the State. The last two cycles have been
oversubscribed with those interested in applying for funds, and improve-
ments had been made to the program in an effort to streamline the appli-
cation process. This year, Cycle V Requests for Applications (RFAs) has
been moved from Department of Health to the New York State Grants Gate-
way, with a more rigorous and difficult process to first obtain a grants
gateway account and then to access the RFA. This legislation is intended
to gather information on the results of this new procedural change in
order to assure that the number of individual applicants is not nega-
tively impacted by the increased administrative steps in the applica-
tion.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8906 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8906
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  streamlining  the
   application  process  for  the primary care service corps practitioner
   loan repayment program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 925 to read as follows:
   § 925. APPLICATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSESS THE  RESULTS  OF  ITS
 DEVELOPMENT  AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MORE EFFICIENT APPLICATION STRATEGY
 DESIGNED TO IMPROVE, MODERNIZE AND STREAMLINE ALL FORMS USED IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH ALL THE DOCTORS ACROSS NEW YORK PHYSICIAN LOAN  REPAYMENT  AND
 PHYSICIAN  PRACTICE  SUPPORT  PROGRAMS. IN DEVELOPING SUCH MODERNIZATION
 AND EFFICIENCY STRATEGY, THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONSULT  WITH  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES  OF  MEDICAL  PROVIDERS, THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, MEDICAL  RESIDENTS,  HOSPITALS
 AND  OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPLETE THE MODERNIZATION
 AND STREAMLINING OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND  AN  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE
 IMPACT WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS VERSUS
 INSTITUTIONAL  APPLICANTS,  INCREASED  FLEXIBILITY  TOWARDS  ELIGIBILITY
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND  SHALL
 INCLUDE  A  THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE ACCESSIBILITY AND FAIRNESS OF THE NEW
 YORK STATE GRANTS GATEWAY FOR INDIVIDUAL  APPLICANTS  BY  MARCH  THIRTY-
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16056-01-8

2017-S8906A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11281
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S4269, A5425

2017-S8906A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8906A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8906A

SPONSOR: HANNON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
applications for funds under the physician loan repayment and physician
practice support programs

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This bill will assess the impact of requiring individual applicants for
Doctors Across New York grant programs to apply using the state Grants
Gateway system.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends Paragraph (e-1) of subdivision 5-a of
section 2807-m of the public health law by adding a new paragraph (iii)
directing the Department of Health to form a work group to assess the
impact of requiring individual applicants for grants from the Doctors
Across New York physician loan repayment and physician practice support
programs to use the New York State Grants Gateway.

Section 2 of the bill is the effect date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Doctors Across New York (DANY) program has been a very successful
recruitment and retention initiative for physicians to serve in under-
served areas across the State and receive loan forgiveness and practice
start-up financial support from the State. The last two cycles have been
oversubscribed with those interested in applying for funds, and improve-
ments had been made to the program to streamline the application proc-
ess. This year Cycle V Requests for Applications (RFAs) has been moved
from Department of Health to the New York State Grants Gateway, with a
more rigorous and difficult process to first obtain a grants gateway
account and then to access the RFA. This legislation is intended to
gather information on the results of this new procedural change to
assure that the number of individual applicants is not negatively
impacted by the increased administrative steps to apply.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2017-S8906A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8906--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to applications for
   funds under  the  physician  loan  repayment  and  physician  practice
   support programs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e-1) of subdivision 5-a of section 2807-m of the
 public health law, as amended by section 6 of part H of  chapter  57  of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (e-1) Work group. For funding available pursuant to paragraphs (d) and
 (e) of this subdivision:
   (i)  The  department  shall  appoint a work group from recommendations
 made by associations  representing  physicians,  general  hospitals  and
 other  health care facilities to develop a streamlined application proc-
 ess by June first, two thousand twelve.
   (ii) Subject to available funding, applications shall be accepted on a
 continuous basis. The department shall provide technical  assistance  to
 applicants  to facilitate their completion of applications. An applicant
 shall be notified in writing  by  the  department  within  ten  days  of
 receipt  of an application as to whether the application is complete and
 if the application is incomplete, what information is  outstanding.  The
 department  shall act on an application within thirty days of receipt of
 a complete application.
   (III) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPOINT A WORK GROUP INCLUDING  INDIVIDUALS
 RECOMMENDED  BY  ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTING PHYSICIANS, GENERAL HOSPITALS
 AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, TO ASSESS THE IMPACT  OF  THE  CURRENT
 GRANT  APPLICATION PROCESS ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS VERSUS
 INSTITUTIONAL APPLICANTS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND SHALL INCLUDE A  THOR-
 OUGH  REVIEW  OF  THE  ACCESSIBILITY  AND FAIRNESS OF THE NEW YORK STATE
 GRANT GATEWAY FOR INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS BY MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16056-02-8

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