Relates to tuition scholarship award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students attending approved medical programs on a full-time basis.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5099
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 18, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to tuition scholarship
award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding two new sections
2 669-i and 669-j to read as follows:
3 § 669-i. Full-tuition scholarship award program for certain resident
4 medical students. 1. A full-tuition scholarship award shall be made to
5 an applicant who is matriculated in an approved medical program and who
6 complies with the applicable provisions of this section and all require-
7 ments promulgated by the corporation for the administration of the
8 program. For purposes of this section, an "approved medical program"
9 shall mean a post-collegiate level program offered by a unit of the
10 state university of New York, a unit of the city university of New York,
11 or other state-supported medical school approved by the commissioner,
12 leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, "M.D.", doctor of osteopathy,
13 "D.O.", or equivalent degree in accordance with the commissioner's regu-
14 lations.
15 2. Within amounts appropriated therefor and based on availability of
16 funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thousand twenty-
17 six--two thousand twenty-seven academic year and thereafter to appli-
18 cants that the corporation has determined are eligible to receive such
19 awards.
20 3. An eligible recipient shall not receive an award for more than four
21 years of full-time study in an approved medical program or for more than
22 the actual number of years required to complete such a program if
23 enrolled on a full-time basis.
24 4. A recipient shall agree to reside exclusively in New York state,
25 and shall not be employed in any other state, for a continuous number of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 years equal to the duration of the award received within six months of
2 receipt of such recipient's final award payment, and sign a contract
3 with the corporation to have such recipient's full award converted to a
4 student loan according to a schedule to be determined by the corporation
5 if such student fails to fulfill such requirement.
6 5. Recipients shall receive an annual payment for the successful
7 completion of an academic year, equal to the annual tuition charged to
8 state resident students attending an approved medical program on a full-
9 time basis.
10 6. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
11 necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.
12 § 669-j. Tuition scholarship award program for certain non-resident
13 medical students. 1. A tuition scholarship award shall be made to an
14 applicant who: (a) is matriculated in an approved medical program, (b)
15 is a non-resident who lives within a one hundred fifty mile radius of
16 any border of New York state, and (c) complies with the applicable
17 provisions of this section and all requirements promulgated by the
18 corporation for the administration of the program. For purposes of this
19 section, an "approved medical program" shall mean a post-collegiate
20 level program offered by a unit of the state university of New York, a
21 unit of the city university of New York, or other state-supported
22 medical school approved by the commissioner, leading to a degree of
23 doctor of medicine, "M.D.", doctor of osteopathy, "D.O.", or equivalent
24 degree in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
25 2. Within amounts appropriated therefor and based on availability of
26 funds, awards shall be granted beginning with the two thousand twenty-
27 six--two thousand twenty-seven academic year and thereafter to appli-
28 cants that the corporation has determined are eligible to receive such
29 awards.
30 3. An eligible recipient shall not receive an award for more than four
31 years of full-time study in an approved medical program or for more than
32 the actual number of years required to complete such a program if
33 enrolled on a full-time basis.
34 4. Recipients shall receive an annual payment for the successful
35 completion of an academic year, equal to two-thirds of the annual
36 tuition charged to non-resident students attending an approved medical
37 program on a full-time basis.
38 5. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
39 necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.
40 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
41 eligible applicant beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year.
