New York A 2446: Establishes the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot program

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A02446 Summary:

BILL NOA02446 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01006

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SPONSORWoerner (MS)

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COSPNSRAngelino, Magnarelli, Gray, DeStefano, Lupardo, Paulin, Lunsford, Seawright, Jones, Bichotte
 Hermelyn, Raga, Meeks, Shimsky, McDonald, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSRSimon, Walsh

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Add Art 29-A Title 1-B §2958-b, Pub Health L

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Establishes the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot program which is a campaign to promote and market the health care workforce employment and career opportunities in the following economic development regions: central, north country, western, finger lakes, capital region, mohawk and southern tier.

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BILL NOA02446 

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01/17/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2446

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, ANGELINO, MAGNARELLI, GRAY, DeSTEFANO,
 LUPARDO, PAULIN, LUNSFORD, SEAWRIGHT, JONES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, RAGA,
 MEEKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON, WALSH -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
 Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot
 program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
 tion thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Article 29-A of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 a new title 1-B to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 1-B
 4 TAKE A LOOK MEDICAL AND DENTAL WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT TOUR PILOT PROGRAM
 5 Section 2958-b. Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour
 6 pilot program.
 7 § 2958-b. Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour
 8 pilot program. 1. The commissioner shall, within monies appropriated
 9 therefor, establish the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employ-
 10 ment pilot program to be implemented by an association representing
 11 upstate medical and/or dental facilities to conduct a campaign to
 12 promote and market the health care workforce employment and career
 13 opportunities in the following economic development regions: central,
 14 north country, western, finger lakes, capital region, mohawk and south-
 15 ern tier where there is a critical shortage of health care workers,
 16 including physicians and dentists, which impedes access to vital health
 17 care services and impairs the economic status of the communities in
 18 these regions.
 19 2. a. Funds shall be made available for a multimedia campaign that
 20 will encourage residents of the regions identified in subdivision one of
 21 this section to train for and enter the health workforce in such identi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02211-01-5

 A. 2446 2

 1 fied regions, to attract individuals undergoing training in health care
 2 professional educational programs including graduate medical education
 3 training and graduate dental education training in other regions of New
 4 York state and other states to pursue career opportunities in such iden-
 5 tified regions, and to attract and encourage health care professionals
 6 from other states to pursue career opportunities in such identified
 7 regions.
 8 b. Funding shall be utilized to promote and educate individuals on the
 9 availability of funding under the New York state doctors across New York
 10 program, the primary care service corps, the regents loan forgiveness
 11 program, and the national health service corps.
 12 c. Funding shall be utilized to conduct "Take A Look" tours within
 13 such identified economic development regions. "Take A Look" tours aim to
 14 expose undergraduate medical and dental students, physician and dental
 15 residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthe-
 16 tists, and nurse midwives in training across the state and from outside
 17 the state to practice opportunities in upstate New York communities.