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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5662
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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:
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:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 12. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, applications
2 submitted on or after April first, two thousand sixteen, for the physi-
3 cian loan repayment program pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision
4 five-a of this section and subdivision ten of this section or the physi-
5 cian practice support program pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision
6 five-a of this section, shall be subject to the following changes:
7 (a) Awards shall be made from the total funding available for new
8 awards under the physician loan repayment program and the physician
9 practice support program, with neither program limited to a specific
10 funding amount within such total funding available;
11 (b) An applicant may apply for an award for either physician loan
12 repayment or physician practice support, but not both;
13 (c) An applicant shall agree to practice for three years in an under-
14 served area and each award shall provide up to [forty thousand]:
15 (i) eighty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars for each
16 of the three years for a physician loan repayment award;
17 (ii) sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars for each of the
18 three years for a physician practice support award; and
19 (d) To the extent practicable, awards shall be timed to be of use for
20 job offers made to applicants.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
