(i) Loan repayment awards made under this section shall be awarded to
repay student loans of nurses who work in areas determined to be
underserved areas in New York state and who agree to work in such areas
for a period of three consecutive years. A nurse may be deemed to be
practicing in an underserved area if they practice in a facility,
physician's office, nurse practitioner's office, or physician
assistant's office that primarily serves an underserved population,
without regard to whether the population or the facility or office is
located in an underserved area. For purposes of this section,
"underserved areas" shall be located in New York state and shall
include, but not be limited to, areas designated by the federal
government as a health professional shortage area, a medically
underserved area, or medically underserved population, non-profit
diagnostic and treatment centers which primarily serve Medicaid eligible
or uninsured patients, and other areas and populations as determined by
the commissioner.
(ii) Loan repayment awards made under this section shall not exceed
the total qualifying outstanding debt of the nurse from student loans to
cover tuition and other related educational expenses, made by or
guaranteed by the federal or state government, or made by a lending or
educational institution approved under title IV of the federal higher
education act. Loan repayment awards shall be used solely to repay such
outstanding debt.
(iii) Nurses shall be eligible for a loan repayment award to be
determined by the commissioner over a three-year period distributed as
follows: thirty percent of total award for the first year; thirty
percent of total award for the second year; and any unpaid balance of
the total award not to exceed the maximum award amount for the third
year.
(iv) In the event that a three-year commitment under this section is
not fulfilled, the recipient shall be responsible for repayment of
amounts paid which shall be calculated in accordance with the formula
set forth in subdivision (b) of section two hundred fifty-four-o of
title forty-two of the United States Code, as amended, or any
regulations made thereunder.
(b) The commissioner may postpone, change or waive the service
obligation and repayment amounts set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (iv)
of paragraph (a) of this subdivision in individual circumstances where
there is compelling need or hardship.
2. To develop a streamlined application process for the nurse loan
repayment program set forth under this section, the department shall
appoint a stakeholder work group from recommendations made by
associations representing nurses, general hospitals and other health
care facilities. Such recommendations shall be made by September
thirtieth, two thousand twenty-two.
3. In the event there are undistributed funds within amounts made
available for distributions under this section, such funds shall be
reallocated and distributed in current or subsequent distribution
periods in a manner determined by the commissioner for the purpose set
forth in this section.
Structure New York Laws
2800 - Declaration of Policy and Statement of Purpose.
2801-A - Establishment or Incorporation of Hospitals.
2801-D - Private Actions by Patients of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2801-E - Voluntary Residential Health Care Facility Rightsizing Demonstration Program.
2801-F - Residential Health Care Facility Quality Incentive Payment Program.
2801-G - Community Forum on Hospital Closure.
2801-H - Personal Caregiving Visitors for Nursing Home Residents During Public Health Emergencies.
2802 - Approval of Construction.
2802-A - Transitional Care Unit Demonstration Program.
2802-B - Health Equity Impact Assessments.
2803 - Commissioner and Council; Powers and Duties.
2803-A - Authority to Contract.
2803-B - Uniform Reports and Accounting Systems for Hospital Costs.
2803-C - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities.
2803-C-1 - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities; Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
2803-E - Residential Health Care Facilities; Return and Redistribution of Unused Medication.
2803-E*2 - Reporting Incidents of Possible Professional Misconduct.
2803-G - Board of Visitors in County Owned Residential Health Care Facility.
2803-H - Health Related Facility; Pet Therapy Programs.
2803-I - General Hospital Inpatient Discharge Review Program.
2803-J - Information for Maternity Patients.
2803-J*2 - Nursing Home Nurse Aide Registry.
2803-K - In-Patient Nasogastric Feeding Procedures.
2803-L - Community Service Plans.
2803-M - Discharge of Hospital Patients to Adult Homes.
2803-N - Hospital Care for Maternity Patients.
2803-O - Hospital Care for Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lymph Node Dissection Patients.
2803-P - Disclosure of Information Concerning Family Violence.
2803-Q - Family Councils in Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-R - Dissemination of Information About the Abandoned Infant Protection Act.
2803-S - Access to Product Recall Information.
2803-T - Preadmission Information.
2803-U - Hospital Substance Use Disorder Policies and Procedures.
2803-V - Lymphedema Information Distribution.
2803-V*2 - Standing Orders for New Born Care in a Hospital.
2803-W - Independent Quality Monitors for Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-W*2 - Disclosure of Information Concerning Pregnancy Complications.
2803-X - Requirements Related to Nursing Homes and Related Assets and Operations.
2803-Y - Provision of Residency Agreement.
2803-Z*2 - Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Education.
2803-AA - Sickle Cell Disease Information Distribution.
2803-AA*2 - Nursing Home Infection Control Competency Audit.
2804 - Units for Hospital and Health-Related Affairs.
2804-A - State Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Technology Assessment.
2805 - Approval of Hospitals; Operating Certificates.
2805-A - Disclosure of Financial Transactions.
2805-B - Admission of Patients and Emergency Treatment of Nonadmitted Patients.
2805-E - Reports of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2805-G - Maintenance of Records.
2805-I - Treatment of Sexual Offense Victims and Maintenance of Evidence in a Sexual Offense.
2805-J - Medical, Dental and Podiatric Malpractice Prevention Program.
2805-K - Investigations Prior to Granting or Renewing Privileges.
2805-L - Adverse Event Reporting.
2805-N - Child Abuse Prevention.
2805-P - Emergency Treatment of Rape Survivors.
2805-Q - Hospital Visitation by Domestic Partner.
2805-R - Patients Unable to Verbally Communicate.
2805-S - Circulating Nurse Required.
2805-T - Clinical Staffing Committees and Disclosure of Nursing Quality Indicators.
2805-U - Credentialing and Privileging of Health Care Practioners Providing Telemedicine Services.
2805-V - Observation Services.
2805-W - Patient Notice of Observation Services.
2805-X - Hospital-Home Care-Physician Collaboration Program.
2805-Y - Indentification and Assessment of Human Trafficking Victims.
2805-Z - Hospital Domestic Violence Policies and Procedures.
2806 - Hospital Operating Certificates; Suspension or Revocation.
2815 - Health Facility Restructuring Program.
2815-A - Community Health Care Revolving Capital Fund.
2816 - Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System.
2806-B - Residential Health Care Facilities; Revocation of Operating Certificate.
2807 - Hospital Reimbursement Provisions; Generally.
2807-AA - Nurse Loan Repayment Program.
2807-D - Hospital Assessments.
2807-DD - Temporary Nursing Home Stability Contributions.
2807-D-1 - Hospital Quality Contributions.
2807-F - Health Maintenance Organization Payment Factor.
2807-I - Service and Quality Improvement Grants.
2807-J - Patient Services Payments.
2807-K - General Hospital Indigent Care Pool.
2807-L - Health Care Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-M - Distribution of the Professional Education Pools.
2807-N - Palliative Care Education and Training.
2807-O - Early Intervention Services Pool.
2807-P - Comprehensive Diagnostic and Treatment Centers Indigent Care Program.
2807-R - Funding for Expansion of Cancer Services.
2807-S - Professional Education Pool Funding.
2807-T - Assessments on Covered Lives.
2807-U - Transfers for Tax Credits.
2807-V - Tobacco Control and Insurance Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-W - High Need Indigent Care Adjustment Pool.
2807-X - Grants for Long Term Care Demonstration Projects.
2807-Z - Review of Eligible Federally Qualified Health Center Capital Projects.
2808 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Rates of Payment.
2808-A - Liability of Certain Persons.
2808-B - Certification of Financial Statements and Financial Information.
2808-C - Reimbursement of General Hospital Inpatient Services.
2808-D - Nursing Home Quality Improvement Demonstration Program.
2808-E*2 - Nursing Home Ratings.
2809 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Powers to Require Security.
2810 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Receivership.
2811 - Discounts and Splitting Fees With Medical Referral Services; Prohibited.
2814 - Health Networks, Global Budgeting, and Health Care Demonstrations.
2816-A - Cardiac Services Information.
2817 - Community Health Centers Capital Program.
2818 - Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law of New Yorkers (Heal Ny) Capital Grant Program.
2819 - Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting.
2820 - Home Based Primary Care for the Elderly Demonstration Project.
2821 - State Electronic Health Records (Ehr) Loan Program.
2822 - Residential Care Off-Site Facility Demonstration Project.
2823 - Supportive Housing Development Program.
2824 - Central Service Technicians.
2824*2 - Surgical Technology and Surgical Technologists.
2825 - Capital Restructuring Financing Program.
2825-A - Health Care Facility Transformation: Kings County Project.
2825-B - Oneida County Health Care Facility Transformation Program:oneida County Project.
2825-C - Essential Health Care Provider Support Program.
2825-D - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide.
2825-E - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Ii.
2825-F - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Iii.
2825-G - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide Iv.
2825-H - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide V.
2826 - Temporary Adjustment to Reimbursement Rates.
2827 - Plant-Based Food Options.
2828 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Minimum Direct Resident Care Spending.
2829 - Nursing Homes; Disclosure Requirements.