Assembly Bill A2341

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the nurse loan repayment program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2341 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5000
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10339, S6353
2013-2014: A1720, S1468
2015-2016: A799, S1491
2017-2018: A720, S2707
2021-2022: A5246, S5461
2023-2024: A4279, S7142

2019-A2341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the nurse loan repayment program; authorizes the commissioner to award loan repayment awards to nurses serving in underserved areas or nursing homes.

2019-A2341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2341
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, STECK, COOK, RAIA, McDONOUGH, CROUCH,
   MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, PERRY -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   nurse loan repayment program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2807-m of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows:
   5-C.  REGISTERED  NURSE  LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. (A) BEGINNING JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED,  WITHIN
 AMOUNTS  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION FIVE-A OF THIS SECTION, TO
 MAKE LOAN REPAYMENT AWARDS:
   (I) TO REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL  NURSES  OR  OTHER  LICENSED  PRACTICAL
 NURSES  SPECIALITIES  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  TO  BE IN SHORT
 SUPPLY, LICENSED TO PRACTICE NURSING PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-NINE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW, WHO AGREE TO PRACTICE FOR AT LEAST
 FIVE YEARS IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA OR NURSING HOME, AS DETERMINED BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.   SUCH REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR LICENSED PRACTICAL
 NURSE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LOAN REPAYMENT AWARD OF UP TO ONE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:
 FIFTEEN PERCENT OF TOTAL LOAN DEBT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
 FOR THE FIRST YEAR; FIFTEEN PERCENT OF TOTAL LOAN  DEBT  NOT  TO  EXCEED
 TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  THE  SECOND YEAR; TWENTY PERCENT OF
 TOTAL LOAN DEBT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE THIRD
 YEAR; AND TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL LOAN DEBT NOT TO  EXCEED  THIRTY-
 FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR THE FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS OF PRAC-
 TICE IN SUCH AREA; AND
   (II) TO GENERAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO  ADMINIS-
 TER  AS  PART OF THEIR RECRUITMENT PACKAGES; PROVIDED THE LOAN REPAYMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00899-01-9
              

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