PRINTER'S NO. 650
No. 588 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, BOYES, ROBINSON, JACKSON, DIETTERICK,
FARMER, MARKOSEK, DISTLER, WOGAN, NAHILL, DEMPSEY, SCHULER,
CARLSON, COLAIZZO, FOX, REBER, HALUSKA, FREEMAN, GEIST,
HERSHEY, VROON, McVERRY, CIVERA, HASAY, TRELLO, COHEN,
D. F. CLARK, LAUGHLIN, PETRONE, CORNELL, HECKLER, LANGTRY,
LASHINGER, DORR, RYBAK AND E. Z. TAYLOR, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 7, 1963 (P.L.549, No.290), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act creating the Pennsylvania Higher
3 Education Assistance Agency; defining its powers and duties;
4 conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor,
5 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of
6 Representatives, Superintendent of Public Instruction and the
7 Department of Auditor General; and making appropriations,"
8 authorizing loan forgiveness for certain nurses.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of August 7, 1963 (P.L.549, No.290),
12 referred to as the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
13 Agency Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
14 Section 4.4. Loan Forgiveness.--(a) Pursuant to section
15 4(1.1)(iii), the board shall adopt a policy of and appropriate
16 procedures for granting forgiveness for loan recipients who
17 graduate from agency-approved institutions in agency-approved
18 nursing programs, who are properly licensed pursuant to the act
19 of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as "The Professional
1 Nursing Law," and who are employed as nurses in hospitals,
2 nursing homes or other institutions or agencies providing
3 medical services in this Commonwealth.
4 (b) For each calendar year that a nurse is employed as
5 provided in subsection (a), twenty-five percent (25%) of the
6 approved indebtedness shall be forgiven. Payment shall be made
7 in accordance with the procedure established by the agency.
8 (c) The board of directors of the agency shall have the
9 power and its duty shall be to adopt rules and regulations
10 pursuant to the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred
11 to as the Commonwealth Documents Law, and not inconsistent with
12 law governing matters relating to this section. The rules and
13 regulations shall include the types of institutions providing
14 medical services at which employment will qualify nurses for
15 loan forgiveness and the manner of verification of employment.
16 Section 2. This act shall apply to loan recipients who
17 graduate from agency-approved institutions in agency-approved
18 nursing programs on or after January 1, 1989.
19 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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