§ 905. Grants for primary care practitioner education. 1. The
commissioner in collaboration with the commissioner of education is
authorized, within amounts available pursuant to subdivision nineteen-a
of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this chapter, to make grants
to colleges, universities or hospital-based training programs within New
York state to establish or expand training programs for nurse
practitioners, physician assistants or midwives, and to increase the
opportunities for practitioner education in primary care at
community-based sites.

2. Grant funds may be used for administration, faculty recruitment and
development, start-up costs and costs incurred teaching primary care
practitioners at community-based sites, including, but not limited to,
personnel, administration and student related expenses and other
expenses judged reasonable and necessary by the commissioner.

3. Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis in amounts not to
exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars through a request for
application process. In making awards, the commissioner shall consider:

(a) the need for primary care practitioners in the region in which the
applicant is located;

(b) the cost-effectiveness of the proposal; and

(c) the applicant's commitment to place graduates in primary care
settings and/or underserved areas.

4. The intent of the program is to augment or increase training
programs for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives.
Grant funding shall not be used to offset existing expenditures the
institution or program has obligated or intends to obligate for such
training programs.