S5252 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons for the purpose of increasing the number of mental health professionals rendering mental health services in correctional institutions; provides for eligibility and priority; provides for awards in the amount of $2,000; makes related provisions.
- Title
- Establishes a loan forgiveness program for licensed mental health professionals in jails and prisons
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Higher Education
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Same as
- A10791
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick State Senator, District 9
Heard in committee
- Higher Education NY State Senate committee