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Senator · Senate District 57
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.34
- Referred to health
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
Show 4 earlier actions
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.753
- Referred to health
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Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Keith L.T. Wright
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5210
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists
Purpose or general idea of bill
Would allow the Commissioner of Health to include dentists in the Doctors Across New York program to provide dental services to underserved areas of the state.
Summary of specific provisions
Bill Section 1 would amend Paragraph (d) of Subdivision 5-a of Section 2807-m of the Public Health Law to permit dentists to be included in the distribution of funds for the Doctors Across New York loan repayment program.
Bill Section 2 would amend Paragraph (e) of Subdivision 5-a of Section 2807-m of the Public Health Law to permit dentists to be included in the distribution of funds for the Doctors Across New York practice support program.
Bill Section 3 would amend Subdivision 10 of Section 2807-m of the Public Health Law to require that dentists in the Doctors Across New York program adhere to the same program conditions as physicians.
Bill Section 4 would provide that the law take effect immediately.
Justification
In 2010 the New York State Department of Health issued a report to the Legislature and Governor finding that dentists should be included in the Doctors Across New York program. This bill will allow the Commissioner of Health to include dentists in the Doctors Across New York program without increasing the costs of the program. The bill simply gives the Commissioner of Health the discretionary authority to include dentists in the program as called for by the 2010 Department of Health study. Access to dental care in underserved areas of the state is a serious public health problem and this bill will help to address that issue. The Doctors Across New York program has worked very well for physicians in terms of increasing access to medical care in underserved areas and should work equally well for dentists in terms of increasing access to dental care in underserved areas.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
None. The bill does not raise costs, but allows for reallocating existing monies as needed.
Effective date
The bill takes effect immediately.
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