New York A 9137: Makes permanent certain provisions relating to reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth; establishes the rural health care professional loan award repayment award program

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A09137 Summary:

BILL NOA09137 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSmullen

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COSPNSRHawley, Gallahan, Bendett

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Part V §7, Chap 57 of 2022; add Art 9-C §§925 - 928, Pub Health L; amd §606, Tax L

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Makes permanent certain provisions relating to reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth; establishes the rural healthcare professional loan repayment award program and the rural healthcare professional tax credit program; establishes a tax credit for rural healthcare providers.

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BILL NOA09137 

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10/17/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9137

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 October 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, amending the
 public health law and the insurance law relating to reimbursement for
 commercial and Medicaid services provided via telehealth, in relation
 to making such provisions permanent; to amend the public health law,
 in relation to establishing the rural healthcare professional loan
 repayment award program and the rural healthcare professional tax
 credit program; and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing
 a tax credit for rural healthcare providers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022,
 2 amending the public health law and the insurance law relating to
 3 reimbursement for commercial and Medicaid services provided via tele-
 4 health, as amended by section 5 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 5 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 7 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022[;
 8 provided, however, this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on and
 9 after April 1, 2026].
 10 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 9-C to
 11 read as follows:
 12 ARTICLE 9-C
 13 RURAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT AWARD
 14 AND TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS
 15 Section 925. Definitions.
 16 926. Rural healthcare professional loan repayment award program.
 17 927. Rural healthcare professional tax credit program.
 18 928. Rules and regulations.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13811-01-5

 A. 9137 2

 1 § 925. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the
 2 context clearly requires otherwise:
 3 1. "Certificate of tax credit" or "certificate" shall mean the docu-
 4 ment issued to a healthcare professional by the department as provided
 5 in section nine hundred twenty-seven of this article.
 6 2. "Full-time employee" means with respect to any month, an employee
 7 who is employed on average at least thirty hours of service per week.
 8 3. "Healthcare professionals" means licensed physicians, physician
 9 assistants, dentists, physical therapists, pharmacists, registered phar-
 10 macy technicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, occupa-
 11 tional therapists, mental health practitioners licensed pursuant to
 12 title eight of the education law, and any other healthcare professional
 13 as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner
 14 of education.
 15 4. "Rural area" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in
 16 subdivision eight of section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and
 17 markets law.
 18 5. "Rural municipality" means a city, county, town, village, or other
 19 political subdivision of the state of New York located within a rural
 20 area.
 21 6. "Small town" means a town in the state with a population of less
 22 than five thousand at the date of the most recent United States census
 23 bureau decennial census.
 24 § 926. Rural healthcare professional loan repayment award program.
 25 1.(a) Notwithstanding any c