Bill > A07476

This bill modifies the existing Regents Health Care Professional Opportunity Scholarship program by redirecting any unused scholarship funds to the Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill allows any unspent allocations from the scholarship program to be redistributed to the loan forgiveness program, with priority given to economically disadvantaged physicians and/or members of underrepresented minority groups. The transferred funds must be used to support physicians who will provide services in areas designated as having a physician shortage, with a particular focus on primary care services. The bill aims to ensure that funds originally intended to support healthcare professionals' education can still be used to address healthcare workforce needs, even if not all scholarship funds are initially awarded. The changes will not affect the existing termination date of the original scholarship program, maintaining the program's original timeline while providing more flexibility in fund allocation.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7476