A01628 Summary:

BILL NOA01628
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02270
 
SPONSORGunther (MS)
 
COSPNSRLupardo, Titone, Lifton, Paulin, Jacobs, Magnarelli, Colton, Weisenberg, Thiele, Bronson, Jaffee, Ra, Raia, Giglio, McDonough, Cook
 
MLTSPNSRAbbate, Abinanti, Curran, Duprey, Kellner, McKevitt, Perry, Weinstein
 
Add S211-b, Lab L; add S91-h, St Fin L
 
Enacts the New York state nursing shortage correction act; creates statewide nursing recruitment incentive and retention pilot initiatives; establishes the New York state nursing recruitment incentive and retention account.
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A01628 Actions:

BILL NOA01628
 
01/09/2013referred to higher education
01/08/2014referred to higher education
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A01628 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01628 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1628
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LUPARDO, TITONE, LIFTON, PAULIN, JACOBS,
          MAGNARELLI,  COLTON,  WEISENBERG, THIELE, STEVENSON, BRONSON -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABINANTI, BOYLAND, KELLNER -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 

        AN  ACT to amend the labor law and the state finance law, in relation to
          enacting the New York state nursing shortage correction act
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
     2  state nursing shortage correction act".
     3    § 2. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 211-b to read as
     4  follows:
     5    § 211-b. Statewide nursing recruitment incentive and  retention  pilot
     6  initiatives.  The department is authorized, within amounts appropriated,
     7  to award funding to schools of nursing, other  educational  institutions
     8  and  health  care  providers to develop pilot initiatives to improve the

     9  capacity to prepare future generations of entry and advanced level nurs-
    10  es. Funding may be used for:
    11    1. recruitment and retention incentives that expand faculty capacity;
    12    2. initial costs related to the development  of  new  and/or  expanded
    13  programs, including equipment and capital costs;
    14    3.  development  of  clinical  simulation laboratories in both new and
    15  existing programs;
    16    4. academic and clinical partnerships to increase the  use  of  expert
    17  clinicians to expand faculty capacity;
    18    5. development and expansion of nursing education that is internet-fa-
    19  cilitated and/or provided through satellite course-work;
    20    6.  initiatives  to  retain  retiring nursing faculty and those expert

    21  nurses leaving clinical practice to function in educator roles;
    22    7. financial assistance to prepare nurses for an academic career; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02449-01-3

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     1    8. early mentoring programs between school districts,  nursing  educa-
     2  tion  programs, and health care providers to introduce students to nurs-
     3  ing careers.
     4    §  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 91-h to
     5  read as follows:
     6    § 91-h. New York state nursing  recruitment  incentive  and  retention

     7  account.  1.  There  is  hereby  established in the joint custody of the
     8  state comptroller and  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance  an
     9  account in the miscellaneous special revenue fund to be known as the New
    10  York state nursing recruitment incentive and retention account.
    11    2.  Such  account shall consist of all revenues received from contrib-
    12  utions, donations and other moneys credited or transferred thereto  from
    13  any other fund or source pursuant to law.
    14    3.  Moneys  of the account, following appropriation by the legislature
    15  may be expended for the New York state nursing recruitment incentive and
    16  retention program. Moneys shall be paid out of the account on the  audit

    17  and  warrant  of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved
    18  by the commissioner of education.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    20  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately,
    21  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    22  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    23  authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
    24  education  in  consultation  with the commissioner of labor on or before
    25  such effective date.
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