New York S 5339: Requires written request and review of proposed reductions in the level of fire services

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S05339 Summary:

BILL NOS05339A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02339-A

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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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.

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BILL NOS05339A

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1492

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/20/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 5339A

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5339--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 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
 21 with such hospitals, and who enter and remain in general or pediatric

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05960-04-6

 S. 5339--A 2

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