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Assembly Bill A3870

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the New York state COVID-19 health care worker loan forgiveness program

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2021-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10382

2021-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state COVID-19 health care worker loan forgiveness program which forgives up to twenty thousand dollars in student loan debt from certain health care workers.

2021-A3870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3870
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  the  New
   York state COVID-19 health care worker loan forgiveness program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  679-k
 to read as follows:
   §  679-K. THE NEW YORK STATE COVID-19 HEALTH CARE WORKER LOAN FORGIVE-
 NESS PROGRAM. 1. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN  AWARD  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION, APPLICANTS SHALL BE A HEALTH CARE WORKER WHO WAS PRACTIC-
 ING AT A HOSPITAL, GENERAL PRACTITIONER OFFICE,  NURSING  HOME,  OR  ANY
 OTHER  HEALTH CARE PRACTICE OR FACILITY AND WHO PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE AT
 THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) STATE OF EMERGENCY.
   2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "HEALTH  CARE  WORKER"  SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WORKING AS A NURSE,
 REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE,  NURSE  PRACTI-
 TIONER,  CLINICAL  NURSE  SPECIALIST, CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT, MEDICAL
 ASSISTANT,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,  SPECIALIST  ASSISTANT,  PATHOLOGISTS'
 ASSISTANT,  MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, RESPIRATORY THERAPY TECHNICIANS, MEDICAL
 TECHNOLOGIST, DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNI-
 CIAN, PARAMEDIC, PHLEBOTOMIST, CLINICAL SUPPORT AID, OR IMMEDIATE TREAT-
 MENT  ASSISTANT  DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) STATE OF
 EMERGENCY.
   (B) "STATE OF EMERGENCY" MEANS THE  STATE  OF  EMERGENCY  DECLARED  BY
 EXECUTIVE  ORDER  TWO HUNDRED TWO THAT BEGAN ON MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY.
   3. AWARDS. THE CORPORATION SHALL GRANT AWARDS IN AN AMOUNT UP TO:
   (A) FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS  TO  RECIPIENTS  WHO
 EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, PROVIDED THAT NO RECIPIENTS SHALL RECEIVE AN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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