N.Y. Public Health Law § 905: Grants for primary care practitioner education

§ 905. Grants for primary care practitioner education. 1. The

commissioner in collaboration with the commissioner of education is

authorized, within amounts available pursuant to subdivision nineteen-a

of section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this chapter, to make grants

to colleges, universities or hospital-based training programs within New

York state to establish or expand training programs for nurse

practitioners, physician assistants or midwives, and to increase the

opportunities for practitioner education in primary care at

community-based sites.

2. Grant funds may be used for administration, faculty recruitment and

development, start-up costs and costs incurred teaching primary care

practitioners at community-based sites, including, but not limited to,

personnel, administration and student related expenses and other

expenses judged reasonable and necessary by the commissioner.

3. Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis in amounts not to

exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars through a request for

application process. In making awards, the commissioner shall consider:

(a) the need for primary care practitioners in the region in which the

applicant is located;

(b) the cost-effectiveness of the proposal; and

(c) the applicant's commitment to place graduates in primary care

settings and/or underserved areas.

4. The intent of the program is to augment or increase training

programs for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives.

Grant funding shall not be used to offset existing expenditures the

institution or program has obligated or intends to obligate for such

training programs.