Assembly Bill A25

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the award of scholarships and loan forgiveness for nurses on the same terms as physicians

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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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2023-A25 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§605 & 677, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A1264

2023-A25 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the award of regents scholarships and loan forgiveness for nurses on the same terms as physicians; applies to registered professional nurses as defined in section 6903 of the education law.

2023-A25 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    25
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  regents  professional
   education  scholarships, health care professional opportunity scholar-
   ships and loan forgiveness for nurses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  605 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 31 of the  laws  of  1985,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Regents  professional  education  in  medicine [or], dentistry, OR
 NURSING scholarships.  Regents professional education in medicine  [or],
 dentistry,  OR  NURSING  scholarships  shall  be  awarded annually, on a
 competitive basis, to students beginning professional study in  medicine
 [or],  dentistry,  OR  NURSING.   One hundred such scholarships shall be
 awarded annually TO STUDENTS BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL  STUDY  IN  MEDICINE
 AND  TWO  THOUSAND  SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL
 STUDY IN NURSING, and shall be classified and  allocated  in  accordance
 with  regents rules. The provisions of this subdivision shall only apply
 to any recipient who receives his or her first award  payment  prior  to
 the  nineteen  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic
 year. FURTHER, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO  A
 STUDENT  STUDYING  TO  BE  A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 605 of the education law, as amended  by
 chapter  523  of  the  laws of 1992 and subparagraph 3 of paragraph a as
 amended by section 89 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of  the  laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  Regents  physician  AND  NURSING loan forgiveness program. Regents
 physician AND NURSING loan forgiveness awards shall be awarded  annually
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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