Bill Text: MI HB5048 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; nursing scholarship program; repeal, and return funds to general fund. Amends secs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8 of 2002 PA 591 (MCL 390.1182 et seq.) & repeals 2002 PA 591 (MCL 390.1181 - 390.1189).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-09 - Printed Bill Filed 06/05/2009 [HB5048 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5048-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5048
June 4, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Smith and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2002 PA 591, entitled
"Michigan nursing scholarship act,"
by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 (MCL 390.1182, 390.1183,
390.1184, 390.1185, 390.1186, and 390.1188), section 2 as amended
by 2006 PA 444; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Academic year" means the period from August 1 of a
calendar year to July 31 of the next calendar year.
(b) (a)
"Authority" means the Michigan
higher education
assistance authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961.
(c) (b)
"Eligible costs" means
tuition and fees charged by an
eligible institution; related costs for room, board, books,
supplies, transportation, or day care; and other costs determined
by the authority.
(d) (c)
"Eligible employment"
means either of the following:
(i) Teaching in a nursing program.
(ii) A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse providing
full-time nursing care, or part-time nursing care if section 7
applies, in a ward, emergency department, emergency room, operating
room, or trauma center of a hospital licensed under article 17 of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260, in
a nursing home or hospice licensed under article 17 of the public
health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260, in a health
facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260, that provides
nonemergency health care to patients without receiving compensation
for providing that nonemergency health care, or in a clinic or
other health care program operated by a local health department
that provides 1 or more required services under part 24 of the
public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498, or as an
employee of a home health care agency providing home patient care.
(e) (d)
"Eligible institution"
means a degree or certificate
granting public or independent nonprofit college or university,
junior college, or community college in this state.
(f) (e)
"Licensed practical
nurse" means an individual
licensed to engage in the practice of nursing as a licensed
practical nurse as defined in section 17201 of the public health
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17201.
(g) (f)
"Nursing program" means
either of the following:
(i) A program for the training of individuals to become
registered nurses or licensed practical nurses operated in this
state by an eligible institution and approved by the Michigan board
of nursing.
(ii) A master's degree in nursing program operated in this
state by an eligible institution and approved by the Michigan board
of nursing.
(h) (g)
"Registered professional
nurse" means that term as
defined in section 17201 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,
MCL 333.17201.
Sec. 3. The Michigan nursing scholarship program is created,
to be administered by the authority. The authority shall do all of
the following:
(a) Award scholarships before the 2009-2010 academic year to
eligible students pursuant to this act.
(b) Develop a scholarship agreement to be entered into by a
scholarship recipient and the authority that contains the terms of
a scholarship made under this act and the rights and obligations of
the scholarship recipient and the authority.
(c) Collect repayment of scholarships if required under
section 7.
(d) Conduct periodic audits of scholarship recipients to
ensure compliance with the terms of the scholarship agreement and
take necessary steps to enforce the terms of the scholarship
agreement.
(e) Publicize the Michigan nursing scholarship program and
recruit qualifying students to participate in the Michigan nursing
scholarship program.
(f) Promulgate rules, as necessary to implement this act,
pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306,
MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules may include additional standards of
eligibility for students to receive scholarships under this act.
Sec. 4. (1) The authority may award a scholarship under this
act to an individual determined by the authority to meet all of the
following eligibility criteria:
(a) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident of the
United States.
(b) Has resided continuously in this state for the 12 months
immediately preceding the date of his or her application and is not
a resident of any other state.
(c) Is enrolled or has been accepted into a nursing program.
(d) Has signed a written scholarship agreement with the
authority stating the individual's intention to pursue nursing as a
career and to serve in eligible employment in this state for not
less than 1 of the following periods:
(i) One year if the individual received scholarship assistance
under this act in 1 academic year of full-time enrollment in a
nursing program.
(ii) Two years if the individual received scholarship
assistance under this act in 2 academic years of full-time
enrollment in a nursing program.
(iii) Three years if the individual received scholarship
assistance under this act in 3 academic years of full-time
enrollment in a nursing program.
(iv) Four years if the individual received scholarship
assistance under this act in 4 academic years of full-time
enrollment in a nursing program.
(e) Is in compliance with this act and the rules promulgated
under this act.
(f)
Has not been convicted of a felony involving an assault,
physical
injury, or death.
(f) (g)
Meets any other standards established in rules
promulgated by the authority under section 3.
(2) The authority shall not provide scholarships under this
act in the 2009-2010 academic year or any subsequent academic year.
(3) If a student was awarded a scholarship under this act
before the 2009-2010 academic year, the authority shall not pay the
amount of the scholarship or any remaining unpaid balance of the
scholarship to the student after September 15, 2009.
(4) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subsection, the authority shall notify each new
scholarship recipient, each existing scholarship recipient who has
not received all of his or her scholarship money, and each eligible
institution of the pending repeal of this act and the timetables
described in subsections (2) and (3).
Sec. 5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), each scholarship
recipient shall receive a $4,000.00 scholarship for 1 academic year
of full-time enrollment, or a partial scholarship for part-time
enrollment, in a nursing program. The authority shall determine the
amount of a partial scholarship by multiplying $4,000.00 by the
number of credit hours for which a student enrolls in an academic
year, and dividing the product by 30 if the nursing program uses
semester credits or by 45 if the nursing program uses term credits.
(2) A scholarship described in subsection (1) shall not exceed
an amount equal to the recipient's eligible costs minus any other
grants or scholarships the recipient receives in any academic year
in a nursing program.
(3) An individual shall not receive scholarship assistance for
more than 4 academic years.
(4) Scholarships under this section are subject to the
restrictions described in section 4(2) and (3).
Sec. 6. (1) Recipients of scholarship assistance under this
act shall continue to receive scholarship payments only during
periods that the authority finds that the recipient is both of the
following:
(a) Enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in a nursing
program.
(b) Maintaining satisfactory progress as determined by the
eligible institution.
(2) Scholarships under this section are subject to the
restrictions described in section 4(2) and (3).
Sec. 8. (1) The department of treasury shall establish and
administer a restricted account in the general fund for the
Michigan nursing scholarship program. The department of treasury
shall credit to the account money appropriated from the Michigan
merit
award trust fund established in section 3 of the Michigan
merit
award scholarship act, 1999 PA 94, MCL 390.1453 9 of the
Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.259, or received from
any other source including, but not limited to, amounts repaid to
the authority on scholarships awarded under this act and earnings
in the account. The department of treasury shall use the money in
the account only to provide money to the authority for scholarships
awarded under this act.
(2) Money in the account at the end of a fiscal year shall not
revert to the general fund but shall be carried over in the account
to the next fiscal year.
(3) On September 30, 2009, any restricted funds or other money
held by the authority for purposes of this act shall revert to the
general fund. Any money received by the authority under section 7
for repayment of scholarships on or after September 30, 2009 shall
be paid into the general fund.
Enacting section 1. The Michigan nursing scholarship act, 2002
PA 591, MCL 390.1181 to 390.1189, is repealed effective October 1,
2019.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
00505'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.
