Extends the expiration of provisions relating to a restricted dental faculty license; requires a report proposing legislation to address the shortage of New York trained dentists pursuing academic careers in New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6552--A
IN SENATE
January 25, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education
law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, in relation to
extending the expiration of such chapter
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the
2 education law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, as
3 amended by chapter 172 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 2. This act shall take effect February 1, 2009 and shall expire
6 February 1, [2017] 2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act
7 shall be deemed repealed; provided that the commissioner of education is
8 authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement
9 the provisions of this act prior to such effective date; and provided
10 further that any restricted dental faculty license awarded prior to
11 February 1, [2017] 2019 shall remain valid and effective until the expi-
12 ration thereof.
13 § 2. No later than December 1, 2016, the deans of the academic dental
14 centers in New York state shall submit a report to the governor and the
15 chairs of the senate and assembly higher education committees that
16 includes a proposal for legislation to address the shortage of New York-
17 trained dentists pursuing academic careers in New York state. Such
18 proposal may, but is not required to, include, without limitation, such
19 elements as a state-supported scholarship program, a state-supported
20 debt forgiveness program, a distinct academic program and course load,
21 and other elements designed to ensure sufficient capacity to fill facul-
22 ty vacancies among New York state academic dental centers from among the
23 graduates of such schools, and from other dentists licensed by New York
24 state.
25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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