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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S5840
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
2025-S5840 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2561
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S6882, A7942
2025-S5840 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5840 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to professional obli- gations under the physician loan repayment program PURPOSE: To expand the incentives provided in the DANY Physician Loan Repayment and Physician Practice Support programs to physicians entering private practice in underserved areas. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 12 of section 2807-m of the public health law. An applicant must agree to either: (i) practice for three years in an underserved area and receive up to forty thousand dollars for each of the three years, or (ii) practice as a physician engaged in private practice in an underserved area and receive up to sixty thousand dollars for each of the three years.
2025-S5840 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5840 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, WEBB -- 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 professional obli- gations under the physician loan repayment program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of 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: (c) An applicant shall EITHER: (I) agree to practice for three years in an underserved area and each award shall provide up to forty thousand dollars for each of the three years; OR (II) AGREE TO PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN ENGAGED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA AND EACH AWARD SHALL PROVIDE UP TO SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS; and § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirty-first of March next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04157-01-5
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