Assembly Bill A6151

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A6151 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7257
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L

2023-A6151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons for the purpose of increasing the number of mental health professionals rendering mental health services in correctional institutions; provides for eligibility and priority; provides for awards in the amount of $2,000; makes related provisions.

2023-A6151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6151
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  a  loan  forgiveness
   program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  679-k
 to read as follows:
   §  679-K. NEW YORK STATE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN JAILS
 AND PRISONS LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.  1.  PURPOSE.  (A)  THE  PRESIDENT
 SHALL  GRANT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AWARDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREAS-
 ING THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS  RENDERING  MENTAL  HEALTH
 SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CORRECTIONAL INSTI-
 TUTIONS" SHALL MEAN ANY PLACE OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF  CORRECTIONS
 AND  COMMUNITY  SUPERVISION  AS  A  PLACE FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS
 UNDER SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT OR PERSONS COMMITTED FOR FAILURE TO PAY A
 FINE, INCLUDING ANY PLACE OWNED AND  OPERATED  BY  COUNTY  OR  MUNICIPAL
 GOVERNMENTS  WITHIN  NEW  YORK AS A PLACE FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF PERSONS
 UNDER SENTENCE OF DETENTION, IMPRISONMENT OR PERSONS COMMITTED FOR FAIL-
 URE TO PAY A FINE.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,
 APPLICANTS SHALL: (A) BE LICENSED AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PURSU-
 ANT  TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER; (B) COMPLY WITH
 SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FIVE OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE  OF  THIS
 PART; AND (C) HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
   3.  PRIORITY.  SUCH AWARDS SHALL BE MADE ANNUALLY TO APPLICANTS IN THE
 FOLLOWING PRIORITY:
   (A) FIRST PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO AN  APPLICANT  WHO  HAS  RECEIVED
 PAYMENT OF AN AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN A PRIOR YEAR AND WHO, IN
 THE  YEAR  PRIOR  TO APPLICATION, HAS PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10547-01-3
              

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