Amendment ID: S2202-4

Amendment 4

Health Corps pilot program

Mr. Pacheco and Ms. Gobi move to amend the bill Notwithstanding any general law or special law to the contrary, the Department of Higher Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall be granted the authority to establish a Health Corps pilot program which shall be implemented in each of the six Executive Office of Health and Human Services geographic regions.  Said pilot program shall allow students of health-care related programs who have already attained a level of licensure and are currently working towards a higher level of licensure at a Massachusetts public institution of higher education or an accredited vocational institution to gain additional learning experience while providing patient care as a cost-mitigating measure.  The Departments shall establish guidelines which provide for creation of this pilot program, including but not limited to: patient safety, the receipt of college or program credit to qualified student participants, the supervision of students over the course of their experiential learning, the forgiveness of qualified student loans, and the metrics for measurements of program success and cost savings.