N.Y. PBH Law § 905

§ 905. Grants for primary care practitioner education. 1. The\ncommissioner in collaboration with the commissioner of education is\nauthorized, within amounts available pursuant to subdivision nineteen-a\nof section twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this chapter, to make grants\nto colleges, universities or hospital-based training programs within New\nYork state to establish or expand training programs for nurse\npractitioners, physician assistants or midwives, and to increase the\nopportunities for practitioner education in primary care at\ncommunity-based sites.\n 2. Grant funds may be used for administration, faculty recruitment and\ndevelopment, start-up costs and costs incurred teaching primary care\npractitioners at community-based sites, including, but not limited to,\npersonnel, administration and student related expenses and other\nexpenses judged reasonable and necessary by the commissioner.\n 3. Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis in amounts not to\nexceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars through a request for\napplication process. In making awards, the commissioner shall consider:\n (a) the need for primary care practitioners in the region in which the\napplicant is located;\n (b) the cost-effectiveness of the proposal; and\n (c) the applicant's commitment to place graduates in primary care\nsettings and/or underserved areas.\n 4. The intent of the program is to augment or increase training\nprograms for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives.\nGrant funding shall not be used to offset existing expenditures the\ninstitution or program has obligated or intends to obligate for such\ntraining programs.\n