Assembly Bill A3223

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to developing and implementing a residency program initiative to service medically underserved areas; appropriation

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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-A3223 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §2807-mm, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9265
2015-2016: A5298
2017-2018: A3285, A10435
2019-2020: A2390
2023-2024: A645

2021-A3223 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to developing and implementing a residency program initiative to service medically underserved areas; makes an appropriation therefor.

2021-A3223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3223
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HUNTER, BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  developing  and
   implementing  a  residency  program  initiative  to  service medically
   underserved areas; and making an appropriation therefor

   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
 2807-mm to read as follows:
   § 2807-MM. RESIDENT PROGRAM INITIATIVE  TO  SERVICE  MEDICALLY  UNDER-
 SERVED  AREAS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A RESIDENCY
 PROGRAM INITIATIVE FOR PHYSICIANS WHO AGREE TO WORK IN MEDICALLY  UNDER-
 SERVED  AREAS  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE AS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS
 HAVING A SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS IN CERTAIN AREAS. THIS  INITIATIVE  WILL
 FUND FIFTY RESIDENCY POSITIONS.
   2. THE PHYSICIAN APPLICANT MUST:
   (A)  COMPLETE A RESIDENCY PROGRAM INITIATIVE APPLICATION, AS DEVELOPED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (B) HAVE ENTERED THE  NATIONAL  RESIDENT  MATCHING  PROGRAM  AND  HAVE
 FAILED TO MATCH; AND
   (C) BE A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE; AND
   (D) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED MEDICAL SCHOOL AND
 HAVE  PASSED THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION STEPS 1 AND
 2; OR
   (E) BE CERTIFIED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRAD-
 UATES.
   3. NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS MUST COMPLETE A  RESI-
 DENCY PROGRAM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION, AS DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   4.  IN  ORDER  FOR A NEW YORK STATE ACCREDITED RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO BE
 APPROVED IT MUST BE EITHER A TEACHING HOSPITAL OR HAVE TEACHING HOSPITAL
 OVERSIGHT AND BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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

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