ยง 906. Grants for minority participation in medical education. 1. The
commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of education,
within amounts available pursuant to subdivision nineteen-a of section
twenty-eight hundred seven-c and section twenty-eight hundred seven-l of
this chapter, is authorized to make grants to encourage minority
participation in medicine.
2. Grants shall be awarded through a request for application process
for the following purposes:
to medical schools located in New York state or primary care medical
training programs to encourage minority participation in medical
education, which may include programs to enhance minority recruitment
and retention, minority student mentoring programs, development of
medical career pathways for minority students, and development of
minority faculty role models.
3. The intent of this program is to augment or increase minority
participation in medical education. Grants funding shall not be used to
offset existing expenditures which the grantee has obligated for
minority participation in medical education.
Structure New York Laws
Article 9 - Primary Care Education and Training
902 - Grants for Primary Care Undergraduate Medical Education.
903 - Primary Care Physician Loan Repayment Program.
904 - Primary Care Practitioner Scholarship Program.
905 - Grants for Primary Care Practitioner Education.
906 - Grants for Minority Participation in Medical Education.