New York S 5971: Relates to the appointment of teachers

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S05971 Summary:

BILL NOS05971 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04715

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRBYNOE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2807-m, Pub Health L

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

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BILL NOS05971 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5971

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 2807-m of the public health law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows:
 3 5-c. Registered nurse loan repayment program. (a) Beginning January
 4 first, two thousand twenty-six, the commissioner is authorized, within
 5 amounts available pursuant to subdivision five-a of this section, to
 6 make loan repayment awards:
 7 (i) to registered professional nurses or other licensed practical
 8 nurses specialities determined by the commissioner to be in short
 9 supply, licensed to practice nursing pursuant to article one hundred
 10 thirty-nine of the education law, who agree to practice for at least
 11 five years in an underserved area or nursing home, as determined by the
 12 commissioner. Such registered professional nurse or licensed practical
 13 nurse shall be eligible for a loan repayment award of up to one hundred
 14 fifty thousand dollars over a five year period distributed as follows:
 15 fifteen percent of total loan debt not to exceed twenty thousand dollars
 16 for the first year; fifteen percent of total loan debt not to exceed
 17 twenty-five thousand dollars for the second year; twenty percent of
 18 total loan debt not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars for the third
 19 year; and twenty-five percent of total loan debt not to exceed thirty-
 20 five thousand dollars per year for the fourth and fifth years of prac-
 21 tice in such area; and
 22 (ii) to general hospitals and other health care providers to adminis-
 23 ter as part of their recruitment packages; provided the loan repayment
 24 awards shall be administered consistent with the provisions of this
 25 subdivision.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06316-01-5

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 1 (b) Loan repayment awards made to a registered professional nurse or
 2 licensed practical nurse pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision
 3 shall not exceed the total qualifying outstanding debt of the registered
 4 professional nurse or licensed practical nurse from student loans to
 5 cover tuition and other related educational expenses, made by or guaran-
 6 teed by the federal or state government, or made by a lending or educa-
 7 tional institution approved under title IV of the federal higher educa-
 8 tion act. Loan repayment awards shall be used solely to repay such
 9 outstanding debt.
 10 (c) Any recipient of funds pursuant to this subdivision who practices
 11 less than two years in an underserved area or nursing home, as deter-
 12 mined by the commissioner, shall repay all funds paid in amounts to be
 13 determined by the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision, and shall
 14 no longer be eligible for future payments under this subdivision. The
 15 rate of interest applied shall be determined by the commissioner, but
 16 will not be less than the rate of interest set by the commissioner of
 17 taxation and finance with respect to underpayments of personal income
 18 tax pursuant to section six hundred eighty-four of the tax law.
 19 (d) The commissioner is authorized to apply any funds available for
 20 purposes of paragraph (a) of this subdivision for use as matching funds
 21 for federal grants