Assembly Bill A1016

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases the maximum amount of individual awards for the physician loan repayment program and physician practice support program

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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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2021-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4267
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10274, S5662
2023-2024: S4227

2021-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the maximum amount of individual awards for the physician loan repayment program and physician practice support program to encourage physicians to practice in underserved areas.

2021-A1016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1016
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the maximum amount
   of individual awards for the  physician  loan  repayment  program  and
   physician practice support program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of section  2807-m  of  the
 public  health  law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Beginning January first, two thousand eight, the  commissioner  is
 authorized,  within  amounts available pursuant to subdivision five-a of
 this section, to make loan repayment awards to primary  care  physicians
 or  other  physician specialties determined by the commissioner to be in
 short supply, licensed to practice medicine in New York state, who agree
 to practice for at least five years in an underserved  area,  as  deter-
 mined  by  the commissioner. Such physician shall be eligible for a loan
 repayment award of up to [one] TWO hundred fifty thousand dollars over a
 five year period distributed as follows: fifteen percent of  total  loan
 debt  not  to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the first year; fifteen
 percent of total loan debt not to exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 for  the  second  year;  twenty percent of total loan debt not to exceed
 thirty-five thousand dollars for the third year; and twenty-five percent
 of total loan debt not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars  per  year
 for  the  fourth year; and any unpaid balance of the total loan debt not
 to exceed the maximum award amount for the fifth  year  of  practice  in
 such area.
   §  2.  Subdivision  12  of section 2807-m of the public health law, as
 amended by section 6 of part Y of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2020,  is
 amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02204-01-1
              

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