Senate Bill S4269

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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

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2019-S4269 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5425
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8906, A11281

2019-S4269 (ACTIVE) - 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.

2019-S4269 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4269
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09679-01-9

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