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                                   4227
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2023
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN -- 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 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.
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   12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, applications
 submitted on or after April first, two thousand sixteen, for the  physi-
 cian  loan  repayment  program  pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision
 five-a of this section and subdivision ten of this section or the physi-
 cian  practice  support program pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision
 five-a of this section, shall be subject to the following changes:
   (a) Awards shall be made from the  total  funding  available  for  new
 awards  under  the  physician  loan  repayment program and the physician
 practice support program, with neither program  limited  to  a  specific
 funding amount within such total funding available;
   (b)  An  applicant  may  apply  for an award for either physician loan
 repayment or physician practice support, but not both;
   (c) An applicant shall agree to practice for three years in an  under-
 served area and each award shall provide up to [forty thousand]:
   (I)  EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE dollars for each
 of the three years FOR A PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT AWARD;
   (II) SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS FOR EACH OF  THE
 THREE YEARS FOR A PHYSICIAN PRACTICE SUPPORT AWARD; and
   (d)  To the extent practicable, awards shall be timed to be of use for
 job offers made to applicants.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.