Establishes the empire state professional nursing scholarship program to provide financial support to applicants to enter or continue in a registered nurse educational program and who agree to deliver nursing care in a specialty, setting or designated region of New York state having a shortage of nurses or to teach nursing students; establishes grants for nursing education to establish or expand training programs for nurses and to increase the opportunities for nursing education at community based sites.
Authorizes community colleges offering an associates degree program in nursing to offer a four-year bachelor degree program in nursing.
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.
Increases monetary penalties for public health law violations; provides support for the nursing home quality improvement demonstration program.
Increases monetary penalties for public health law violations; provides support for the nursing home quality improvement demonstration program.
Establishes the city of New York education fund from an additional real property tax to support education programs.
Requires that community colleges provide educational opportunity programs to eligible students in order to qualify for state aid for capital and operating expenditures.
Establishes the New York nurse expansion program which provides awards to undergraduate students who are matriculated in an approved undergraduate program leading to a career in nursing at a New York state public or private degree granting institution of higher education.
Establishes a child care program capital improvement tax credit program for child care programs to provide financial assistance to New York's child care providers to facilitate the enhancement, expansion, and improvement of access to quality child care.
Establishes a child care program capital improvement tax credit program for child care programs to provide financial assistance to New York's child care providers to facilitate the enhancement, expansion, and improvement of access to quality child care.