Bill Text: NY A10274 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-08 - referred to health [A10274 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10274-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10274

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        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:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of section  2807-m  of  the
     2  public  health  law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 58 of
     3  the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) Beginning January first, two thousand eight, the  commissioner  is
     5  authorized,  within  amounts available pursuant to subdivision five-a of
     6  this section, to make loan repayment awards to primary  care  physicians
     7  or  other  physician specialties determined by the commissioner to be in
     8  short supply, licensed to practice medicine in New York state, who agree
     9  to practice for at least five years in an underserved  area,  as  deter-
    10  mined  by  the commissioner. Such physician shall be eligible for a loan
    11  repayment award of up to [one] two hundred fifty thousand dollars over a
    12  five year period distributed as follows: fifteen percent of  total  loan
    13  debt  not  to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the first year; fifteen
    14  percent of total loan debt not to exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
    15  for  the  second  year;  twenty percent of total loan debt not to exceed
    16  thirty-five thousand dollars for the third year; and twenty-five percent
    17  of total loan debt not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars  per  year
    18  for  the  fourth year; and any unpaid balance of the total loan debt not
    19  to exceed the maximum award amount for the fifth  year  of  practice  in
    20  such area.
    21    §  2.  Subdivision  12  of section 2807-m of the public health law, as
    22  added by section 3 of part R of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
    23  amended to read as follows:
    24    12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, applications
    25  submitted  on or after April first, two thousand sixteen, for the physi-
    26  cian loan repayment program pursuant to  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision
    27  five-a of this section and subdivision ten of this section or the physi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11590-01-9

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     1  cian  practice  support program pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision
     2  five-a of this section, shall be subject to the following changes:
     3    (a)  Awards  shall  be  made  from the total funding available for new
     4  awards under the physician loan  repayment  program  and  the  physician
     5  practice  support  program,  with  neither program limited to a specific
     6  funding amount within such total funding available;
     7    (b) An applicant may apply for an  award  for  either  physician  loan
     8  repayment or physician practice support, but not both;
     9    (c)  An applicant shall agree to practice for three years in an under-
    10  served area and each award shall provide up to [forty thousand]:
    11    (i) eighty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars for  each
    12  of the three years for a physician loan repayment award;
    13    (ii)  sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars for each of the
    14  three years for a physician practice support award; and
    15    (d) To the extent practicable, awards shall be timed to be of use  for
    16  job offers made to applicants.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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