New York A 6711: Provides for the award of scholarships and loan forgiveness for dentists and podiatrists on the same terms as physicians

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A06711 Summary:

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Provides for the award of regents scholarships and loan forgiveness for dentists and podiatrists on the same terms as physicians and dentists.

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03/10/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6711

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to regents professional
 education scholarships, health care professional opportunity scholar-
 ships and loan forgiveness for podiatrists and dentists

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 605 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. Regents professional education in medicine [or], dentistry, or
 5 podiatry scholarships. Regents professional education in medicine [or],
 6 dentistry, or podiatry scholarships shall be awarded annually, on a
 7 competitive basis, to students beginning professional study in medicine
 8 [or], dentistry, or podiatry. One hundred such scholarships shall be
 9 awarded annually, and shall be classified and allocated in accordance
 10 with regents rules. The provisions of this subdivision shall only apply
 11 to any recipient who receives [his or her] their first award payment
 12 prior to the nineteen hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six
 13 academic year.
 14 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 605 of the education law, as amended by
 15 chapter 523 of the laws of 1992, subparagraph 3 of paragraph a as
 16 amended by section 89 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 17 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 18 9. Regents physician, dentist and podiatrist loan forgiveness program.
 19 Regents physician, dentist and podiatrist loan forgiveness awards shall
 20 be awarded annually to physicians, dentists and podiatrists who agree to
 21 practice medicine, dentistry or podiatry in an area of New York state
 22 designated by the regents as having a shortage of physicians, dentists
 23 or podiatrists. Such awards shall be classified and allocated in
 24 accordance with regents rules.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09543-01-5

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 1 a. Eligibility. (1) The applicant must be a resident of New York state
 2 and licensed to practice medicine, dentistry or podiatry.
 3 (2) The applicant must have completed a professional residency program
 4 within the five years immediately preceding the period for which the
 5 first award would be granted, or be within two years of completion of an
 6 accredited residency program in a primary care specialty designated in
 7 short supply by the board of regents.
 8 (3) The applicant must agree to practice medicine, dentistry or podia-
 9 try in an area in New York state designated as having a shortage of
 10 physicians, dentists or podiatrists. The regents, after consultation
 11 with the commissioners of health, corrections and community supervision,
 12 mental health and developmental disabilities, shall designate those
 13 regions and facilities of New York state which have a shortage of physi-
 14 cians, dentists or podiatrists for the purposes of this section and
 15 establish relative rankings thereof.
 16 b. Selection. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner
 17 of health, shall establish criteria for the selection of participants in
 18 the program. An applicant must satisfy at least one of the criteria
 19 established. A priority shall be accorded to any applicant who is
 20 completing the second year of the service requirement and is reapplying
 21 for a new award. The criteria shall include but not be limited to the