2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 9-B - (923 - 924) PRIMARY CARE SERVIVES CORPS PRACTITIONER LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
924 - Primary care service corps practitioner loan repayment program.

 
    § 924. Primary care service corps practitioner loan repayment program.
  1. The commissioner is authorized, within amounts available therefor, to
  make  loan  repayment  awards  to  eligible  primary  care service corps
  practitioners who agree to practice full-time in an underserved area  in
  New York state, in amounts to be determined by the commissioner, but not
  to  exceed  thirty-two  thousand  dollars per year for any year in which
  such practitioners provide full-time eligible obligated service.
    2. Loan  repayment  awards  made  to  a  primary  care  service  corps
  practitioner  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  this section shall not
  exceed the total qualifying outstanding debt of  the  practitioner  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.
    3. In  the  event  that  any  commitment  pursuant  to  the  agreement
  referenced  in  subdivision  one  of  this section is not fulfilled, the
  recipient shall be responsible for repayment in amounts 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.
    4.  The  commissioner  is  authorized to apply any funds available for
  purposes of subdivision one of this section for use  as  matching  funds
  for  any available federal grants for the purpose of assisting states in
  operating loan repayment programs.
    5.  The  commissioner  may  postpone,  change  or  waive  the  service
  obligation  and  repayments  amounts  set  forth in subdivisions one and
  three of this section, respectively, in individual  circumstances  where
  there is compelling need or hardship.
    6.  In  order  to  be eligible to receive a loan repayment award under
  this section, a primary care service corps practitioner must  meet  site
  and service eligibility criteria as determined by the commissioner.
    7.   The   commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  necessary  to
  effectuate the provisions and purposes of this article.