S07257 Summary:

BILL NOS07257
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06151
 
SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 679-k, Ed L
 
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.
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S07257 Actions:

BILL NOS07257
 
05/19/2023REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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S07257 Committee Votes:

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S07257 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07257 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7257
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed 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:
 
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 679-k
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 679-k. New York state licensed mental health professionals in  jails
     4  and  prisons  loan  forgiveness  program.  1. Purpose. (a) The president
     5  shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for the purpose of  increas-
     6  ing  the  number  of mental health professionals rendering mental health
     7  services in correctional institutions in New York state.
     8    (b) For the purposes of this section, the  term  "correctional  insti-
     9  tutions"  shall mean any place operated by the department of corrections
    10  and community supervision as a place  for  the  confinement  of  persons
    11  under sentence of imprisonment or persons committed for failure to pay a
    12  fine,  including  any  place  owned  and operated by county or municipal
    13  governments within New York as a place for the  confinement  of  persons
    14  under sentence of detention, imprisonment or persons committed for fail-
    15  ure to pay a fine.
    16    2.  Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,
    17  applicants shall: (a) be licensed as a mental health professional pursu-
    18  ant to article one hundred sixty-three of this chapter; (b) comply  with
    19  subdivisions  three  and  five  of section six hundred sixty-one of this
    20  part; and (c) have an outstanding student loan debt.
    21    3. Priority. Such awards shall be made annually to applicants  in  the
    22  following priority:
    23    (a)  First  priority  shall  be given to an applicant who has received
    24  payment of an award pursuant to this section in a prior year and who, in
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10547-01-3

        S. 7257                             2
 
     1  the year prior to application, has provided mental  health  services  to
     2  incarcerated  individuals  and/or  correction  staff  in  a correctional
     3  institution;
     4    (b) Second priority shall be given to applicants who have not received
     5  payment  of  an  award  pursuant to this section in a prior year and who
     6  have provided mental health services to incarcerated individuals  and/or
     7  correction staff in a correctional institution; and
     8    (c)  Third  priority  shall  be  given to applicants who are currently
     9  providing mental health  services  to  incarcerated  individuals  and/or
    10  correction staff in a correctional institution for less than one year.
    11    4.  Awards.  The  corporation  shall  grant awards in the value of two
    12  thousand dollars to  individuals  who  have  provided  full-time  mental
    13  health services to incarcerated individuals and/or correction staff in a
    14  correctional  institution,  provided  that no recipient shall receive an
    15  award that exceeds the total remaining balance of the student loan  debt
    16  and  that no recipient shall receive cumulative awards, pursuant to this
    17  section, in excess of twenty thousand dollars. Awards  shall  be  within
    18  the  amount  appropriated  for such purpose and based on availability of
    19  funds.
    20    5. Rules and regulations. The corporation is authorized to  promulgate
    21  rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions
    22  of  this  section.  In the event that there are more applicants who have
    23  the same priority, as provided in subdivision  three  of  this  section,
    24  than  there are remaining awards, the corporation shall provide in regu-
    25  lation the method of distributing the remaining number of  such  awards,
    26  which may include a lottery or other form of random selection.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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