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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8298
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 10, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  application  for  a
          waiver  from  licensing  requirements  for  entities providing certain
          professional services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  opening  paragraph of paragraph a and paragraph c of
     2  subdivision 1 of section 6503-a of the education law, as added by  chap-
     3  ter 130 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
     4    Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, except as provided in subdi-
     5  vision  two  of  this  section,  a not-for-profit corporation formed for
     6  charitable, educational, or religious purposes or other similar purposes
     7  deemed acceptable by the department;  or  an  education  corporation  as
     8  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section two hundred sixteen-a of this
     9  chapter may provide the following services,  provided  that,  except  as
    10  otherwise provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, the entity was in
    11  existence prior to the effective date of this section and has [obtained]

    12  applied to the department for a waiver [issued by the department] pursu-
    13  ant to this section by no later than [July] February first, two thousand
    14  twelve:
    15    c.  [Within  one  hundred  twenty  days  after] After the commissioner
    16  prescribes the application form and posts notice of its availability  on
    17  the  department's  website,  any entity described in paragraph a of this
    18  subdivision providing services on the effective date  of  this  section,
    19  must  apply  for  a  waiver  no  later than February first, two thousand
    20  twelve.  Upon submission of [such] an application, [the] an  entity  may
    21  continue  to  operate  and  provide  services until the department shall
    22  either deny or approve the entity's application.  After  the  department

    23  renders  a timely initial determination that the applicant has submitted
    24  the information necessary to verify that the requirements of  paragraphs
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13086-01-1
        A. 8298                             2
 
     1  d,  e, and f of this subdivision are satisfied, applications for waivers
     2  shall be approved or denied within ninety days; provided  however,  that
     3  if  the  waiver  application  is denied the entity shall cease providing
     4  professional  services,  pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision, in
     5  the state of New York.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.