New York S 1277: Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses

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S01277 Summary:

BILL NOS01277 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §679-k, Ed L

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Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses that make a commitment to practice in a "rural" tract or county.

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BILL NOS01277 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1277

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing loan
 forgiveness for mental health nurses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 679-k
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 679-k. New York state mental health nurse loan forgiveness incentive
 4 program. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness
 5 awards for the purpose of alleviating the burden of student loan debt
 6 for mental health nurses in New York state. Such awards shall be made on
 7 a competitive basis as promulgated by the corporation for such purposes,
 8 to applicants who meet the eligibility criteria. Such rules and regu-
 9 lations shall include provisions for the consideration of applicants who
 10 are economically disadvantaged.
 11 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,
 12 applicants shall:
 13 (a) have graduated and obtained a degree from an approved New York
 14 state college or university;
 15 (b) have an outstanding student loan debt from obtaining such degree;
 16 (c) be employed as a professional or practical nurse, nurse practi-
 17 tioner, or clinical nurse specialist in New York state in accordance
 18 with sections six thousand nine hundred five, six thousand nine hundred
 19 six, six thousand nine hundred ten and six thousand nine hundred eleven
 20 of this chapter;
 21 (d) apply for this program within two years of college graduation;
 22 (e) comply with subdivisions three and five of section six hundred
 23 sixty-one of this part;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04131-01-5

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 1 (f) make a commitment to practice in a tract or county defined by the
 2 health resources and services administration as being "rural" or eligi-
 3 ble for a rural health grant; and
 4 (g) make a commitment to practice in state psychiatric hospitals,
 5 hospital in-patient psychiatric units, addiction treatment centers,
 6 behavioral health clinics or a county run mental health program for the
 7 duration of the award.
 8 3. Awards. The corporation shall grant such awards within amounts
 9 appropriated for such purposes and based on the availability of funds.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

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