New York A 5299: Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists

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A05299 Summary:

BILL NOA05299 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05091

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SPONSORHooks

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Tapia, Lunsford, McDonald, Taylor, Glick, Fall, Kassay, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

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Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists.

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BILL NOA05299 

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02/12/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5299

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding the
 Doctors Across New York program to include dentists

 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 5-a of section 2807-m of the
 2 public health law, as amended by section 6 of part C of chapter 57 of
 3 the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) Physician and dentist loan repayment program. One million nine
 5 hundred sixty thousand dollars for the period January first, two thou-
 6 sand eight through December thirty-first, two thousand eight, one
 7 million nine hundred sixty thousand dollars for the period January
 8 first, two thousand nine through December thirty-first, two thousand
 9 nine, one million nine hundred sixty thousand dollars for the period
 10 January first, two thousand ten through December thirty-first, two thou-
 11 sand ten, four hundred ninety thousand dollars for the period January
 12 first, two thousand eleven through March thirty-first, two thousand
 13 eleven, one million seven hundred thousand dollars each state fiscal
 14 year for the period April first, two thousand eleven through March thir-
 15 ty-first, two thousand fourteen, up to one million seven hundred five
 16 thousand dollars each state fiscal year for the period April first, two
 17 thousand fourteen through March thirty-first, two thousand seventeen, up
 18 to one million seven hundred five thousand dollars each state fiscal
 19 year for the period April first, two thousand seventeen through March
 20 thirty-first, two thousand twenty, up to one million seven hundred five
 21 thousand dollars each state fiscal year for the period April first, two
 22 thousand twenty through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three,
 23 and up to one million seven hundred five thousand dollars each state
 24 fiscal year for the period April first, two thousand twenty-three
 25 through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, shall be set aside

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07848-01-5

 A. 5299 2

 1 and reserved by the commissioner from the regional pools established
 2 pursuant to subdivision two of this section and shall be available for
 3 purposes of physician and dentist loan repayment in accordance with
 4 subdivision ten of this section. Notwithstanding any contrary provision
 5 of this section, sections one hundred twelve and one hundred sixty-three
 6 of the state finance law, or any other contrary provision of law, such
 7 funding shall be allocated regionally with one-third of available funds
 8 going to New York city and two-thirds of available funds going to the
 9 rest of the state and shall be distributed in a manner to be determined
 10 by the commissioner without a competitive bid or request for proposal
 11 process as follows:
 12 (i) Funding shall first be awarded to repay loans of up to twenty-five
 13 physicians who train in primary care or specialty tracks in teaching
 14 general hospitals, and who enter and remain in primary care or specialty
 15 practices in underserved communities, as determined by the commissioner.
 16 (ii) After distributions in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this
 17 paragraph, all remaining funds shall be awarded to repay loans of physi-
 18 cians or dentists who enter and remain in primary care or specialty
 19 practices in underserved communities, as