Sec. 10a-19c. Nursing incentive program.
Sec. 10a-19c. Nursing incentive program. (a) There is established a Connecticut
nursing incentive program administered by the Department of Higher Education.
(b) The department shall provide financial assistance to up to four regional community-technical colleges that enter into partnerships with hospitals, as defined in section
19a-490, or other health care institutions, as defined in said section 19a-490, in order
to secure nonstate funding to increase the number of faculty members at such regional
community-technical colleges that are qualified to teach or train students to become
registered nurses.
(c) A regional community-technical college seeking such assistance shall submit
to the Department of Higher Education its nursing faculty expansion plan, together with
a commitment agreement signed by its hospital or health care institution partner or
partners and information on the amount of nonstate funding secured by the partnership.
Assistance provided by the department to a regional community-technical college (1)
may be provided for up to two years in accordance with this subsection, and (2) shall
not exceed (A) seventy-five thousand dollars per year, or (B) the annual amount of
nonstate funding secured by the partnership, whichever is less. In determining whether
to provide assistance pursuant to this section for a second year, the department shall
consider the success of the nursing faculty expansion plan, as measured by factors including, but not limited to, the number of persons teaching or providing training to
nursing students pursuant to the nursing faculty expansion program and the number of
students graduating from nursing programs.
(d) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2005, and June 30, 2006, the Department
of Higher Education may use up to two per cent of the funds appropriated for purposes
of this section for program administration.
(P.A. 04-253, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-253 effective June 14, 2004.