NY Pub Health L § 233 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2-B - New York State Health Services Corps 233 - New York State Health Service Corps Scholarship and Fellowship Program.

* § 233. New   York   state   health  service  corps  scholarship  and fellowship  program.  1.  (a)  New  York  state  health  service   corps scholarships  and  fellowships  for  health corps professionals shall be awarded,  within  amounts  appropriated,  on  a  competitive  basis,  as determined  by  the  commissioner,  to  students who: (i) are or will be enrolled in a program of undergraduate or graduate  study  to  become  a health  care  professional eligible to participate in the health service corps; and  (ii) agree to  serve  in  eligible  institutions  or  facilities  upon satisfactory  completion  of  their  studies  and  upon  satisfaction of applicable licensing and certification requirements; and  (iii)  meet  such  other  requirements   as   the   commissioner,   in consultation with the commissioners of education, correctional services, mental  health,  mental  retardation and developmental disabilities, the commission for the blind and visually handicapped and the  president  of the civil service commission, may establish.  (b)   In  selecting  students  to  be  awarded  such  scholarships  or fellowships, preference shall be given  to  students  in  the  following order:  (i)  New  York  state  residents  who attend or plan to attend a program of undergraduate or graduate study located in  New  York  state; (ii)  New York state residents who attend or plan to attend a program of undergraduate or graduate study located out-of-state; and (iii)  persons who  are  not residents of New York state who attend or plan to attend a program of undergraduate or graduate study located in New York state.  (c) The commissioner shall, pursuant to agreement with the appropriate agency, allocate,  to  the  extent  possible,  the  placement  of  award recipients  to each catchment area or region, as defined by such agency, in which an eligible institution or facility is located.   2. Within such time as the commissioner shall by regulation provide, a recipient  of  an  award  shall  have  practiced  as  a   health   corps professional  in  an eligible institution or facility for that number of months calculated by multiplying by eighteen the number of annual awards received by the recipient. If a recipient fails  to  comply  fully  with such  conditions,  the  president shall be entitled to receive from such recipient an amount to be determined by the formula:                                 A = 2B(t-s)                                        t  In which "A" is the amount the president is entitled to recover; "B"  is the  sum  of all payments made to the recipient and the interest on such amount which would be payable if at the times such awards were paid they were loans bearing interest at the maximum prevailing rate; "t"  is  the total  number of months in the recipient's period of obligated services; and "s" is the number of months of  service  actually  rendered  by  the recipient.  Any  amount which the president is entitled to recover under this subdivision shall be paid within the five-year period beginning  on the  date  that  the recipient failed to comply with this condition. Any obligation to comply with such provisions shall be  cancelled  upon  the death  of  the  recipient.  The  commissioner of health shall promulgate regulations to provide for the waiver or  suspension  of  any  financial obligation when compliance would involve extreme hardship.   3.  A  recipient  of  an  award  shall  report  semi-annually  to  the president, on forms prescribed by him, as  to  the  performance  of  the required services or the recipient's current status, commencing with the calendar  year  of  the  first  award and continuing until the recipient shall have completed, or until it is determined he or she shall  not  be obligated  to  complete,  the  required services. The president may also  require the recipient to file a report on  his  or  her  current  status prior to completion of professional training during any calendar year in which an application for an additional award is not filed. The president shall make available any reports required hereunder to the commissioner. If the recipient shall fail to file any report required hereunder within thirty  days  of  written notice to the recipient, mailed to the address shown on the last  application  for  an  award  or  last  report  filed, whichever  is  later,  the  president  may  impose  a  fine of up to one thousand dollars. The president shall have the discretion to  waive  the filing  of  a  report,  excuse a delay in filing, or a failure to file a report, or waive or reduce any fine imposed for good cause shown.   * NB Expired July 18, 1996