Bill Text: NY A10198 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to tuition scholarship award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students attending approved medical programs on a full-time basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-24 - referred to higher education [A10198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10198-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10198

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2020
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  tuition  scholarship
          award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students

          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  two  new  sections
     2  669-i and 669-j to read as follows:
     3    §  669-i.  Full-tuition scholarship award program for certain resident
     4  medical students. 1. A full-tuition scholarship award shall be  made  to
     5  an  applicant who is matriculated in an approved medical program and who
     6  complies with the applicable provisions of this section and all require-
     7  ments promulgated by the  corporation  for  the  administration  of  the
     8  program.  For  purposes  of  this section, an "approved medical program"
     9  shall mean a post-collegiate level program offered  by  a  unit  of  the
    10  state university of New York, a unit of the city university of New York,
    11  or  other  state-supported  medical school approved by the commissioner,
    12  leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, "M.D.", doctor of osteopathy,
    13  "D.O.", or equivalent degree in accordance with the commissioner's regu-
    14  lations.
    15    2. Within amounts appropriated therefor and based on  availability  of
    16  funds,  awards  shall be granted beginning with the two thousand twenty-
    17  one--two thousand twenty-two academic year and thereafter to  applicants
    18  that the corporation has determined are eligible to receive such awards.
    19    3. An eligible recipient shall not receive an award for more than four
    20  years of full-time study in an approved medical program or for more than
    21  the  actual  number  of  years  required  to  complete such a program if
    22  enrolled on a full-time basis.
    23    4. A recipient shall agree to reside exclusively in  New  York  state,
    24  and shall not be employed in any other state, for a continuous number of
    25  years  equal  to the duration of the award received within six months of
    26  receipt of his or her final award payment, and sign a contract with  the
    27  corporation  to  have  his or her full award converted to a student loan

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  according to a schedule to be determined  by  the  corporation  if  such
     2  student fails to fulfill such requirement.
     3    5.  Recipients  shall  receive  an  annual  payment for the successful
     4  completion of an academic year, equal to the annual tuition  charged  to
     5  state resident students attending an approved medical program on a full-
     6  time basis.
     7    6.  The  corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
     8  necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.
     9    § 669-j. Tuition scholarship award program  for  certain  non-resident
    10  medical  students.  1.  A  tuition scholarship award shall be made to an
    11  applicant who: (a) is matriculated in an approved medical  program,  (b)
    12  is  a  non-resident  who lives within a one hundred fifty mile radius of
    13  any border of New York state,  and  (c)  complies  with  the  applicable
    14  provisions  of  this  section  and  all  requirements promulgated by the
    15  corporation for the administration of the program. For purposes of  this
    16  section,  an  "approved  medical  program"  shall mean a post-collegiate
    17  level program offered by a unit of the state university of New  York,  a
    18  unit  of  the  city  university  of  New  York, or other state-supported
    19  medical school approved by the commissioner,  leading  to  a  degree  of
    20  doctor  of medicine, "M.D.", doctor of osteopathy, "D.O.", or equivalent
    21  degree in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
    22    2. Within amounts appropriated therefor and based on  availability  of
    23  funds,  awards  shall be granted beginning with the two thousand twenty-
    24  one--two thousand twenty-two academic year and thereafter to  applicants
    25  that the corporation has determined are eligible to receive such awards.
    26    3. An eligible recipient shall not receive an award for more than four
    27  years of full-time study in an approved medical program or for more than
    28  the  actual  number  of  years  required  to  complete such a program if
    29  enrolled on a full-time basis.
    30    4. Recipients shall receive  an  annual  payment  for  the  successful
    31  completion  of  an  academic  year,  equal  to  two-thirds of the annual
    32  tuition charged to non-resident students attending an  approved  medical
    33  program on a full-time basis.
    34    5.  The  corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
    35  necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.
    36    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    37  eligible applicant beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year.