VirginiaMedical Education Service Grant Program; established, report.
What it does
Public institutions of higher education; financial assistance; Medical Education Service Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Medical Education Service Grant Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing grants to any person enrolled in or admitted to an eligible institution, as defined in the bill, that shall be awarded in whole or in part upon satisfactory completion of a service agreement entered into by a recipient to engage in clinical practice in a designated service area, as defined in the bill, for the requisite period and in accordance with the requirements set forth by the bill. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), in partnership with the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (the Authority), to administer the Program.
More detail
The bill also (i) establishes requirements for the administration of the Program, including (a) requirements for eligibility to apply to and receive a grant under the Program and the prioritization of Program applications and (b) terms and conditions governing the awarding of grants under the Program; (ii) directs the Council and the Authority to establish policies and procedures for the administration of the Program relating to monitoring and enforcing compliance of recipients with Program requirements and terms and conditions; and (iii) directs the program administrator to annually collect data on the activities of the Program for the preceding fiscal year and submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Education, Health and Human Services, and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations a report on such data by January 1 of each year in which funds are made available for the Program.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 9Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Tabled in Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 19Read first timeMinor
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB625)
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Education and Health Amendments rejectedMinor
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 26107846D-S1Major
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Reported from Education and Health with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with amendments. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Senate subcommittee amendments offered
- Feb 2Assigned Education sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB625)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104804DIntroduced
- Mar 9Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Latest