SB625
Medical Education Service Grant Program; established, report.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
March 9, 2026
House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Creigh Deeds (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104804D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB625)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee amendments offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107846D-S1
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Amendments rejected
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB625)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/19/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/09/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 03/09/2026 - House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
