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144.1493 NURSING GRANT PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. A nursing grant program is established under the supervision
of the commissioner of health and the administration of the Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's
Project LINC to provide grants to Minnesota health care facility employees seeking to complete a
baccalaureate or master's degree in nursing.
    Subd. 2. Responsibility of Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC. The
Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC shall administer the grant program and award
grants to eligible health care facility employees. To be eligible to receive a grant, a person must be:
(1) an employee of a health care facility located in Minnesota, whom the facility has
recommended to the Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC for consideration;
(2) working part time, up to 32 hours per pay period, for the health care facility, while
maintaining full salary and benefits;
(3) enrolled full time in a Minnesota school or college of nursing to complete a baccalaureate
or master's degree in nursing; and
(4) a resident of the state of Minnesota.
The grant must be awarded for one academic year but is renewable for a maximum of six
semesters or nine quarters of full-time study, or their equivalent. The grant must be used for
tuition, fees, and books. Priority in awarding grants shall be given to persons with the greatest
financial need. The health care facility may require its employee to commit to a reasonable
postprogram completion of employment at the health care facility as a condition for the financial
support the facility provides.
    Subd. 3. Responsibility of commissioner. The commissioner shall distribute money each
year to the Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC to be used to award grants under
this section, provided that the commissioner shall not distribute the money unless the Metropolitan
Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC matches the money with an equal amount from nonstate
sources. The Metropolitan Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC shall expend nonstate money
prior to expending state money and shall return to the commissioner all state money not used
each year for nursing program grants to be redistributed under this section. The Metropolitan
Healthcare Foundation's Project LINC shall report to the commissioner on its program activity
as requested by the commissioner.
History: 1995 c 234 art 8 s 43

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