Bill Text: NY S08375 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the New York state health care professionals COVID-19 heroes loan forgiveness program of up to one hundred thousand dollars for persons who meet the eligibility requirements, including, physician or a professional or practical nurse, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant or specialist assistant; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08375 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08375-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8375 IN SENATE May 19, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 New York state health care professionals COVID-19 heroes loan forgive- ness program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 903-a to read as follows: 3 § 903-a. New York state health care professionals COVID-19 heroes loan 4 forgiveness program. 1. Purpose. The commissioner, in collaboration with 5 the commissioner of education, and the president of the higher education 6 services corporation, is authorized and directed to establish a New York 7 state health care professionals COVID-19 heroes loan forgiveness 8 program. 9 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section, 10 applicants shall: 11 (a) be a physician or a professional or practical nurse, nurse practi- 12 tioner, or clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant or specialist 13 assistant in New York state in accordance with sections sixty-five 14 hundred twenty-four, sixty-nine hundred five, sixty-nine hundred six, 15 sixty-nine hundred ten and sixty-nine hundred eleven, and sixty-five 16 hundred forty-one and sixty-five hundred forty-eight of the education 17 law; and 18 (b) have served in such capacity in direct response to the COVID-19 19 public health emergency, pursuant to Executive Order 202, issued by the 20 governor on March seventh, two thousand twenty. 21 3. Awards. The commissioner shall grant awards pursuant to the amount 22 appropriated for such purpose and based on availability of funds in an 23 amount up to one hundred thousand dollars to individuals who meet the 24 eligibility requirements of subdivision two of this section, provided 25 that loan repayment awards shall not exceed the total qualifying 26 outstanding debt from student loans to cover tuition and other related 27 educational expenses, made by or guaranteed by the federal or state EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16267-04-0S. 8375 2 1 government, or made by a lending or educational institution approved 2 under title IV of the federal higher education act. Loan repayment 3 awards shall be used solely to repay such outstanding debt. 4 4. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate 5 rules and regulations and may promulgate emergency regulations necessary 6 for the implementation of the provisions of this section. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law.
