New York A 2339: Provides for dentist loan repayment and practice support

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A02339 Summary:

BILL NOA02339A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05339-A

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Steck, Kay, Shimsky, Sayegh, Angelino, Hawley, Chang, Sempolinski, Palmesano, Rosenthal,
 Zaccaro, Lunsford, Romero, Lemondes, Simpson, Kassay, Burroughs

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

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Provides for dentist loan repayment and practice support for dentists who agree to practice in an underserved area in the state.

Go to top A02339 Actions:

BILL NOA02339A

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01/16/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

04/21/2026amend and recommit to health

04/21/2026print number 2339a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2339--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, McDONALD, STECK, KAY, SHIMSKY, SAYEGH,
 ANGELINO, HAWLEY, CHANG, SEMPOLINSKI, PALMESANO, ROSENTHAL, ZACCARO,
 LUNSFORD, ROMERO, LEMONDES, SIMPSON, KASSAY, BURROUGHS -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Commit-
 tee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for
 dentist loan repayment and practice support

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5-a of section 2807-m of the public health law
 2 is amended by adding two new paragraphs (c-1) and (d-1) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (c-1) Dentist loan repayment program. Up to one million two hundred
 5 thousand dollars each state fiscal year for the next three fiscal years
 6 beginning on or after the effective date of this paragraph shall be set
 7 aside and reserved by the commissioner from the regional pools estab-
 8 lished pursuant to subdivision two of this section and shall be avail-
 9 able for purposes of dentist loan repayment in accordance with subdivi-
 10 sion ten-a of this section. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
 11 this section, sections one hundred twelve and one hundred sixty-three of
 12 the state finance law, or any other contrary provision of law, such
 13 funding shall be allocated regionally with one-third of available funds
 14 going to New York city and two-thirds of available funds going to the
 15 rest of the state and shall be distributed in a manner to be determined
 16 by the commissioner without a competitive bid or request for proposal
 17 process as follows:
 18 (i) Funding shall first be awarded to repay loans of up to eight
 19 dentists who train in general or pediatric dentistry in teaching general
 20 hospitals, including in community clinic settings owned by or affiliated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05960-05-6

 A. 2339--A 2

 1 with such hospitals, and who enter and remain in general or pediatric
 2 dentistry practices in underserved communities, as determined by the
 3 commissioner.
 4 (ii) After distributions in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this
 5 paragraph, all remaining funds shall be awarded to repay loans of
 6 dentists who enter and remain in general or pediatric dentistry prac-
 7 tices in underserved communities, as determined by the commissioner,
 8 including but not limited to dentists working in general hospitals,
 9 other health care facilities or qualified private practices.
 10 (iii) In no case shall less than fifty percent of the funds available
 11 pursuant to this paragraph be distributed in accordance with subpara-
 12 graphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph to dentists identified by general
 13 hospitals.
 14 (d-1) Dentist practice support. Up to three million dollars for each
 15 fiscal year for the next three fiscal years beginning on or after the
 16 effective date of this paragraph shall be set aside and reserved by the
 17 commissioner from the regional pools established pursuant to subdivision
 18 two of this section and shall be available for purposes of dentist prac-
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