Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 07, 2014 |
held for consideration in higher education |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to higher education |
Feb 08, 2013 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A4711
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CURRAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A4711 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A4711 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4711 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a regents nursing professional's loan forgiveness program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 605 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 13. REGENTS NURSING PROFESSIONAL'S LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. REGENTS LOAN FORGIVENESS AWARDS SHALL BE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO NURSE APPLICANTS WHO AGREE TO ENGAGE IN EMPLOYMENT IN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES OR HOSPICE CENTERS ON A FULL-TIME BASIS. SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE GRANTED ANNUALLY, AND SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AND ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGENTS RULES. A. (1) THE APPLICANT SHALL BE A RESIDENT OR PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN OF NEW YORK STATE AND A GRADUATE OF AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVED OR REGISTERED BY THE REGENTS. (2) THE APPLICANT SHALL AGREE TO ENGAGE IN SUCH EMPLOYMENT FOR A PERI- OD OF TIME WHICH SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN TWO YEARS. B. PRIORITY SHALL BE ACCORDED TO APPLICANTS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: (1) FIRST, TO ANY APPLICANT WHO IS COMPLETING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE SERVICE REQUIREMENT AND IS REAPPLYING FOR A NEW AWARD; (2) SECOND, TO ANY APPLICANT WHO IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AS DEFINED BY THE REGENTS; (3) THIRD, TO ANY APPLICANT ACCORDING TO THE SEVERITY OF SHORTAGE OF NURSES IN THE AREA SELECTED BY THE APPLICANT. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE THE SAME PRIORITY THAN THERE ARE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING NUMBER OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS BY MEANS OF A LOTTERY OR OTHER FORM OF RANDOM SELECTION. C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL THEN FORWARD APPROVED APPLICATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT AND SHALL NOTIFY UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08387-01-3
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