New York S 6013: Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act" to provide for grants to certain hospitals, schools and other entities for nurse recruitment, education and retention

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S06013 Summary:

BILL NOS06013 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01864

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRBYNOE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3615, Ed L

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Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act" to provide for grants from the state commissioner of education to public and not-for-profit hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities for nurse recruitment, education and retention costs and activities as described herein.

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BILL NOS06013 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6013

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Nurse of
 Tomorrow Act" to provide for grants to public and not-for-profit
 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities for
 nurse recruitment, education and retention costs and activities

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3615 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 3615. Nurse of tomorrow nurse recruitment, education and retention
 6 incentive program. 1. Nurse recruitment and retention grants. a. The
 7 commissioner shall award grants to public and not-for-profit hospitals
 8 and skilled nursing facilities that are experiencing shortages in nurs-
 9 ing personnel to be utilized toward the payment of the following costs:
 10 (i) providing salary bonuses for nurses who make a commitment to work
 11 in the hospital or skilled nursing facility for a multi-year period;
 12 (ii) providing salary bonuses for nurses who have not been practicing
 13 nursing for a period of at least five years and who make a commitment to
 14 work in the hospital or skilled nursing facility for a multi-year peri-
 15 od;
 16 (iii) providing skills training and career development of nurses to
 17 become certified in clinical specialty areas experiencing shortages in
 18 the hospital or skilled nursing facility;
 19 (iv) providing grants to encourage nurses to upgrade their skills to
 20 enable them to work in clinical specialty areas experiencing shortages
 21 in the hospital or skilled nursing facility;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03669-01-5

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 1 (v) providing salary bonuses for non-management nurses who recruit
 2 nurses that stay employed at the hospital or skilled nursing facility
 3 for at least one year;
 4 (vi) providing tuition reimbursement for nurses who pursue study
 5 towards a bachelor's degree in nursing or for other health care workers
 6 who pursue associate degrees in nursing;
 7 (vii) providing stipends to support summer internships for student
 8 nurses at the hospital or skilled nursing facility; and
 9 (viii) other nurse retention and recruitment strategies approved by
 10 the commissioner.
 11 b. In awarding grants pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner
 12 shall give preference to public and not-for-profit hospitals and skilled
 13 nursing facilities applicants in financial need as demonstrated by low
 14 or negative operating margins.
 15 2. Basic nurse education expansion grants. a. The commissioner shall
 16 award grants to and enter into contracts with associate degree-granting
 17 schools of nursing including, but not limited to single-purpose degree-
 18 granting institutions affiliated with not-for-profit or public hospi-
 19 tals, for the purpose of expanding the number of students who are
 20 provided basic nurse education at such schools.
 21 b. In awarding grants pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner
 22 shall give preference to applicants that:
 23 (i) have demonstrated the ability to recruit and create a multicul-
 24 tural stude