Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-772

EDU 772

Nursing Education Pilot Program

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7070-0065, by adding the following words:-"; provided further that $500,000 shall be expended for a pilot program of grants for the recruitment and retention of nurses with a minimum of one masters degree in programs for nurse education at public institutions of higher education in the commonwealth, provided that preference for such grants shall be given to institutions involved in one or more partnerships with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, or other health care providers that target educational efforts and placements toward specific areas of need, and which monitor and report the progress of such initiatives to increase the availability of licensed nurses in the commonwealth" and by striking the figure:-"$175,000,000" and inserting in place thereof the following:-"$175,500,000"