{"id":334847,"date":"2020-12-10T06:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=334847"},"modified":"2020-12-10T06:05:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:05:33","slug":"scholarship-okd-for-5-students-who-obtain-masters-in-behavioral-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/scholarship-okd-for-5-students-who-obtain-masters-in-behavioral-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship OK\u2019d for 5 students who obtain masters in behavioral health"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate passed on first and final reading a bill that will establish a Behavioral Health Professional Scholarship in the CNMI to address the shortage of behavioral health professionals among U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the Commonwealth. <\/p>\n

Such professionals refer to psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, counselors, social workers, and substance abuse professionals.<\/p>\n

All eight senators present at the session voted \u201cyes\u201d to pass Senate Bill No. 21-40 in the form of Senate Draft 1. The bill will go to the House.<\/p>\n

Vice president Sen. Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian) introduced the legislation in September 2019. It was then referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, and Welfare for disposition.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the bill is to establish a behavioral health professional scholarship for five eligible students who aspire to obtain a master\u2019s degree in a behavioral health field. <\/p>\n

In exchange, the scholarship recipients must return to the CNMI and work at the Commonwealth Health Center, Community Guidance Center, Tinian Health Center, Rota Health Center, or the Public School System for a certain number of years.<\/p>\n

The amount allocated for each master\u2019s degree scholarship shall be $10,000 per annum per students enrolled in a graduate program at a college or university in the U.S. or its territories or at any Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education partner institution for a period of up to two years.<\/p>\n

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Manglona<\/figcaption><\/figure>local<\/p>\n

Before the voting, Sen. Paul A. Manglona (D-Rota) said the CNMI should seek CNMI students who are in the United States who already have advance degrees in behavioral health field. He said there are a lot of CNMI students who already have attained advanced degree in the U.S. mainland and it\u2019s just a matter of recruiting them and giving them a good salary so they can be enticed to come back to the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support this [bill] but, on the other hand, we should also be trying to reach out to these students who are presently in the U.S.,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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