Senate Bill S8375

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the health care professionals heroes loan forgiveness program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8375 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10455
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §903-a, Pub Health L

2019-S8375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S8375 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8375
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               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:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 903-a to read as follows:
   § 903-A. NEW YORK STATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS COVID-19 HEROES LOAN
 FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. 1. PURPOSE. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COLLABORATION WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION
 SERVICES CORPORATION, IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A NEW YORK
 STATE   HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONALS  COVID-19  HEROES  LOAN  FORGIVENESS
 PROGRAM.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,
 APPLICANTS SHALL:
   (A) BE A PHYSICIAN OR A PROFESSIONAL OR PRACTICAL NURSE, NURSE PRACTI-
 TIONER,  OR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR SPECIALIST
 ASSISTANT IN NEW YORK  STATE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTIONS  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR,  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED FIVE, SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED SIX,
 SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TEN AND SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,  AND  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  FORTY-ONE  AND  SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW; AND
   (B) HAVE SERVED IN SUCH CAPACITY IN DIRECT RESPONSE  TO  THE  COVID-19
 PUBLIC  HEALTH EMERGENCY, PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 202, ISSUED BY THE
 GOVERNOR ON MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   3. AWARDS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT AWARDS PURSUANT TO THE  AMOUNT
 APPROPRIATED  FOR  SUCH PURPOSE AND BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN AN
 AMOUNT UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO INDIVIDUALS  WHO  MEET  THE
 ELIGIBILITY  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED
 THAT LOAN  REPAYMENT  AWARDS  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE  TOTAL  QUALIFYING
 OUTSTANDING  DEBT  FROM STUDENT LOANS TO COVER TUITION AND OTHER RELATED
 EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES, MADE BY OR GUARANTEED  BY  THE  FEDERAL  OR  STATE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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