September 6, 2007, Introduced by Senators OLSHOVE, ALLEN, GARCIA, RICHARDVILLE, BIRKHOLZ, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, VAN WOERKOM, PATTERSON, CROPSEY, GEORGE, GILBERT, CASSIS, McMANUS, KUIPERS, JANSEN, SWITALSKI, STAMAS, CHERRY, JACOBS, BROWN, BARCIA, GLEASON, WHITMER, ANDERSON, BASHAM, BISHOP, SCHAUER, HUNTER, SCOTT, CLARK-COLEMAN and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 2002 PA 591, entitled
"Michigan nursing scholarship act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 390.1182), as amended by 2006 PA 444.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance
authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961.
(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.
(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.
(d) "Eligible institution" means a degree or certificate
granting public or independent nonprofit college or university,
junior college, or community college in this state that considers a
student enrolled in that institution a resident of this state for
determining his or her tuition rates if the student is an active
duty member, or the spouse or dependent child of an active duty
member, of the armed forces of the United States, while that active
duty member is stationed in this state and during the student's
continuous full-time enrollment in the academic degree program in
which he or she is enrolled if that active duty member is
transferred to active duty outside of this state.
(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.
(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.
(g) "Registered professional nurse" means that term as defined
in section 17201 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.17201.