A04806 Summary:

BILL NOA04806
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORPerry (MS)
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRColton, Cook, Englebright, Galef, Gantt, Heastie, Hooper, Jaffee, Magee, Millman, Raia, Rivera, Robinson, Sweeney, Weisenberg, Wright
 
Add S3613, Ed L
 
Enacts the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act of 2013" to provide for grants from the state commissioner of education to public and not-for-profit hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities for nurse recruitment, education and retention costs and activities as described herein.
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A04806 Actions:

BILL NOA04806
 
02/11/2013referred to higher education
01/08/2014referred to higher education
06/03/2014held for consideration in higher education
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A04806 Floor Votes:

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A04806 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4806
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
          COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GANTT, HEASTIE, HOOPER, JAFFEE, MAGEE, MILL-
          MAN, RAIA, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG,  WRIGHT  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "Nurse of

          Tomorrow Act of 2013" to provide for grants to public and not-for-pro-
          fit  hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools and other entities
          for nurse recruitment, education and retention costs and activities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act of 2013".
     3    § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3613 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    § 3613. Nurse of tomorrow nurse recruitment, education  and  retention
     6  incentive  program.   1. Nurse recruitment and retention grants.  a. The
     7  commissioner shall award grants to public and  not-for-profit  hospitals

     8  and  skilled nursing facilities that are experiencing shortages in nurs-
     9  ing personnel to be utilized toward the payment of the following costs:
    10    (i) providing salary bonuses for nurses who make a commitment to  work
    11  in the hospital or skilled nursing facility for a multi-year period;
    12    (ii)  providing salary bonuses for nurses who have not been practicing
    13  nursing for a period of at least five years and who make a commitment to
    14  work in the hospital or skilled nursing facility for a multi-year  peri-
    15  od;
    16    (iii)  providing  skills  training and career development of nurses to
    17  become certified in clinical specialty areas experiencing  shortages  in
    18  the hospital or skilled nursing facility;

    19    (iv)  providing  grants to encourage nurses to upgrade their skills to
    20  enable them to work in clinical specialty areas  experiencing  shortages
    21  in the hospital or skilled nursing facility;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00074-01-3

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     1    (v)  providing  salary  bonuses  for non-management nurses who recruit
     2  nurses that stay employed at the hospital or  skilled  nursing  facility
     3  for at least one year;
     4    (vi)  providing  tuition  reimbursement  for  nurses  who pursue study

     5  towards a bachelor's degree in nursing or for other health care  workers
     6  who pursue associate degrees in nursing;
     7    (vii)  providing  stipends  to  support summer internships for student
     8  nurses at the hospital or skilled nursing facility; and
     9    (viii) other nurse retention and recruitment  strategies  approved  by
    10  the commissioner.
    11    b.  In  awarding grants pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner
    12  shall give preference to public and not-for-profit hospitals and skilled
    13  nursing facilities applicants in financial need as demonstrated  by  low
    14  or negative operating margins.
    15    2.  Basic nurse education expansion grants.  a. The commissioner shall
    16  award grants to and enter into contracts with associate  degree-granting

    17  schools  of nursing including, but not limited to single-purpose degree-
    18  granting institutions affiliated with not-for-profit  or  public  hospi-
    19  tals,  for  the  purpose  of  expanding  the  number of students who are
    20  provided basic nurse education at such schools.
    21    b. In awarding grants pursuant to this subdivision,  the  commissioner
    22  shall give preference to applicants that:
    23    (i)  have  demonstrated  the ability to recruit and create a multicul-
    24  tural student body;
    25    (ii) provide remedial education to help students  with  diverse  needs
    26  and  backgrounds  to master the language, reading and mathematics skills
    27  necessary to attain a license;
    28    (iii) provide the commissioner and the commissioner of health  with  a

    29  plan  to recruit nurse aides, licensed practical nurses and other health
    30  care workers;
    31    (iv) provide the commissioner and the commissioner of  health  with  a
    32  plan  to  build  technologically  modern  classrooms and laboratories to
    33  enable students to learn the  latest  technologies  including,  but  not
    34  limited to, medical error reduction technologies; and
    35    (v)  provide  the  commissioner  and the commissioner of health with a
    36  detailed plan to substantially expand the number of students enrolled in
    37  the school over a four-year period.
    38    3. Nurse education encouragement grants.  The commissioner shall award
    39  grants to  collegiate  schools  of  nursing,  associate  degree-granting

    40  schools  of  nursing,  diploma-granting  schools of nursing, hospital or
    41  other professional associations, not-for-profit or public hospitals  and
    42  skilled nursing facilities to enable such entities to work together with
    43  school  district  authorities to develop programs to encourage secondary
    44  school students to choose nursing as a profession.
    45    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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