Section 233. New York state health service corps scholarship and fellowship program

1.  (a)  New  York  state  health  service   corps
  scholarships  and  fellowships  for  health corps professionals shall be
  awarded,  within  amounts  appropriated,  on  a  competitive  basis,  as
  determined  by  the  commissioner,  to  students who: (i) are or will be
  enrolled in a program of undergraduate or graduate  study  to  become  a
  health  care  professional eligible to participate in the health service
  corps; and
    (ii) agree to  serve  in  eligible  institutions  or  facilities  upon
  satisfactory  completion  of  their  studies  and  upon  satisfaction of
  applicable licensing and certification requirements; and
    (iii)  meet  such  other  requirements   as   the   commissioner,   in
  consultation with the commissioners of education, correctional services,
  mental  health,  mental  retardation and developmental disabilities, the
  commission for the blind and visually handicapped and the  president  of
  the civil service commission, may establish.
    (b)   In  selecting  students  to  be  awarded  such  scholarships  or
  fellowships, preference shall be given  to  students  in  the  following
  order:  (i)  New  York  state  residents  who attend or plan to attend a
  program of undergraduate or graduate study located in  New  York  state;
  (ii)  New York state residents who attend or plan to attend a program of
  undergraduate or graduate study located out-of-state; and (iii)  persons
  who  are  not residents of New York state who attend or plan to attend a
  program of undergraduate or graduate study located in New York state.
    (c) The commissioner shall, pursuant to agreement with the appropriate
  agency, allocate,  to  the  extent  possible,  the  placement  of  award
  recipients  to each catchment area or region, as defined by such agency,
  in which an eligible institution or facility is located.
    2. Within such time as the commissioner shall by regulation provide, a
  recipient  of  an  award  shall  have  practiced  as  a   health   corps
  professional  in  an eligible institution or facility for that number of
  months calculated by multiplying by eighteen the number of annual awards
  received by the recipient. If a recipient fails  to  comply  fully  with
  such  conditions,  the  president shall be entitled to receive from such
  recipient an amount to be determined by the formula:
 
                                 A = 2B(t-s)
                                         t
 
  In which "A" is the amount the president is entitled to recover; "B"  is
  the  sum  of all payments made to the recipient and the interest on such
  amount which would be payable if at the times such awards were paid they
  were loans bearing interest at the maximum prevailing rate; "t"  is  the
  total  number of months in the recipient's period of obligated services;
  and "s" is the number of months of  service  actually  rendered  by  the
  recipient.  Any  amount which the president is entitled to recover under
  this subdivision shall be paid within the five-year period beginning  on
  the  date  that  the recipient failed to comply with this condition. Any
  obligation to comply with such provisions shall be  cancelled  upon  the
  death  of  the  recipient.  The  commissioner of health shall promulgate
  regulations to provide for the waiver or  suspension  of  any  financial
  obligation when compliance would involve extreme hardship.
    3.  A  recipient  of  an  award  shall  report  semi-annually  to  the
  president, on forms prescribed by him, as  to  the  performance  of  the
  required services or the recipient's current status, commencing with the
  calendar  year  of  the  first  award and continuing until the recipient
  shall have completed, or until it is determined he or she shall  not  be
  obligated  to  complete,  the  required services. The president may also

  require the recipient to file a report on  his  or  her  current  status
  prior to completion of professional training during any calendar year in
  which an application for an additional award is not filed. The president
  shall make available any reports required hereunder to the commissioner.
  If the recipient shall fail to file any report required hereunder within
  thirty  days  of  written notice to the recipient, mailed to the address
  shown on the last  application  for  an  award  or  last  report  filed,
  whichever  is  later,  the  president  may  impose  a  fine of up to one
  thousand dollars. The president shall have the discretion to  waive  the
  filing  of  a  report,  excuse a delay in filing, or a failure to file a
  report, or waive or reduce any fine imposed for good cause shown.
    * NB Expired July 18, 1996