SB 625: Medical Education Service Grant Program; established, report.

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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. 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 9, 2026Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2. February 19, 2026Referred to Committee on Appropriations
3. February 19, 2026Read first time
4. February 19, 2026Placed on Calendar
5. February 16, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB625)
6. February 13, 2026Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
7. February 13, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
8. February 13, 2026Rules suspended
9. February 13, 2026Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
10. February 13, 2026Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
11. February 13, 2026Education and Health Amendments rejected
12. February 13, 2026Read second time

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