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NY S02536
Bill
Status
6/9/2015
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Ritchie
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AI Summary
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Authorizes not-for-profit dental clinics to use schoolhouses and grounds to provide dental services to school-age and pre-school children during school hours and non-school hours.
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Requires health professionals providing services in approved school dental clinics to be duly licensed under New York education law and authorized by their respective practice acts.
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Prohibits the cost of providing dental health services from being charged to the school district, except where otherwise authorized by law.
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Exempts building space used exclusively for dental clinics from the rated capacity calculations for school buildings in computing building aid.
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Requires school district trustees or board of education to determine terms and conditions for clinic use, which may include rental fees sufficient to cover all resulting expenses; mandates that district children cannot be excluded from clinic services based on which school they attend.
Legislative Description
Authorizes school district property to be used for not-for-profit dental clinics providing care to families in the district upon the approval of the trustees or board of education of a school district.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/17/2016