New York A 2561: Relates to professional obligations under the physician loan repayment program

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2561

Sponsors: John T. McDonald III, Albert A. Stirpe, Carrie Woerner, Chris Burdick, Christopher Eachus, Dana Levenberg, David McDonough, Deborah Glick, Donna Lupardo, Jeff Gallahan, Jen Lunsford, Jo Anne Simon, Joe Angelino, Jonathan Jacobson, Josh Jensen, Marianne Buttenschon, Maritza Davila, Matthew Simpson, Noah Burroughs, Phil Steck, Robert Smullen, Tony Simone

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A02561 Summary:

BILL NOA02561 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05840

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSRSteck, Buttenschon, Stirpe, Burdick, Glick, Lunsford, Jacobson, Woerner, McDonough, Jensen,
 Smullen, Gallahan, Simpson, Simon, Davila, Simone, Angelino, Lupardo, Burroughs, Eachus, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

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Relates to professional obligations under the physician loan repayment program; provides an option to practice as a physician engaged in private practice in an underserved area.

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BILL NOA02561 

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01/17/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2561

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, STECK, BUTTENSCHON, STIRPE, BURDICK,
 GLICK, LUNSFORD, JACOBSON, WOERNER, McDONOUGH, JENSEN, SMULLEN, GALLA-
 HAN, SIMPSON, SIMON, DAVILA, SIMONE, ANGELINO, LUPARDO -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to professional obli-
 gations under the physician loan repayment program

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 12 of section 2807-m of the
 2 public health law, as amended by section 6 of part Y of chapter 56 of
 3 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) An applicant shall either: (i) agree to practice for three years
 5 in an underserved area and each award shall provide up to forty thousand
 6 dollars for each of the three years; or (ii) agree to practice as a
 7 physician engaged in private practice in an underserved area and each
 8 award shall provide up to sixty thousand dollars for each of the three
 9 years; and
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirty-first of March next
 11 succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04157-01-5

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