N.Y. PBH Law § 906

§ 906. Grants for minority participation in medical education. 1. The\ncommissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of education,\nwithin amounts available pursuant to subdivision nineteen-a of section\ntwenty-eight hundred seven-c and section twenty-eight hundred seven-l of\nthis chapter, is authorized to make grants to encourage minority\nparticipation in medicine.\n 2. Grants shall be awarded through a request for application process\nfor the following purposes:\n to medical schools located in New York state or primary care medical\ntraining programs to encourage minority participation in medical\neducation, which may include programs to enhance minority recruitment\nand retention, minority student mentoring programs, development of\nmedical career pathways for minority students, and development of\nminority faculty role models.\n 3. The intent of this program is to augment or increase minority\nparticipation in medical education. Grants funding shall not be used to\noffset existing expenditures which the grantee has obligated for\nminority participation in medical education.\n