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A01974 Summary:

BILL NOA01974 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08290

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRMcMahon, Meeks, Kassay, Clark, Berger, Lunsford, Shrestha, Hevesi, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2559-c, Pub Health L

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Relates to establishing an early intervention loan repayment program; provides funding is to be awarded regionally with 50% percent awarded to providers with a principal residence within NYC and the remaining fifty percent awarded to providers outside of NYC; provides that awards shall be given to providers who work in underserved areas for 3 consecutive years; provides loans shall be paid over a 3 year period; provides that a working group shall be established within 90 days to develop plans for the streamlined loan repayment program application process.

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BILL NOA01974 

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01/14/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1974

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, McMAHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an
 early intervention loan repayment program

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 2559-c to read as follows:
 3 § 2559-c. Early intervention loan repayment program. 1. There is
 4 hereby established within the department an early intervention loan
 5 repayment program.
 6 2. (a) Within sixty days of the effective date of this section, the
 7 department shall develop a fund and make monies available, subject to
 8 appropriations, for purposes of loan repayment awards for early inter-
 9 vention providers as defined by the department, in accordance with the
 10 provisions of this section. Such funding shall be awarded regionally
 11 with fifty percent of the funds made available to providers with a prin-
 12 cipal residence within the city of New York and the remaining fifty
 13 percent made available to providers with a principal residence outside
 14 the city of New York. Such funds shall be distributed in a manner to be
 15 determined by the commissioner without a competitive bid or request for
 16 proposals.
 17 (b) Loan repayment awards under this section shall be awarded to repay
 18 student loans for early intervention providers who work in areas deter-
 19 mined to be underserved and who agree to serve families, in-person, in
 20 underserved areas for a period of three consecutive years. "Underserved
 21 areas" shall be located in New York state and shall include, but not be
 22 limited to medically underserved populations, medically underserved
 23 areas, health care provider shortage areas, and other areas and popu-
 24 lations where there is a shortage of early intervention providers as
 25 determined by the commissioner.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05177-01-5

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 1 (c) Loan repayment awards made under this section shall not exceed the
 2 total qualifying outstanding student loan debt amount of the early
 3 intervention provider. Qualifying student loans under this section shall
 4 include loans for tuition and other related education expenses, made by
 5 or guaranteed by the federal or state government, or made by a lending
 6 or educational institution approved under title IV of the federal higher
 7 education act. Loan repayment awards shall only be used to repay such
 8 outstanding debt.
 9 (d) Early intervention providers shall be eligible for loan repayment
 10 awards to be determined by the commissioner, over a three-year period
 11 and distributed as follows: thirty percent of the total award for the
 12 first year, thirty percent for the second year, and any unpaid balance
 13 of the total awards not to exceed the maximum award amount for the third
 14 year.
 15 (e) In the event the three-year commitment as provided by paragraph
 16 (b) of