HF 372 (LSB 2398YH (3) 88)

HOUSE FILE 372

BY  FRY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the awarding of medical residency positions in the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135.176, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Criteria for preference in awarding of the grants, including preference in the residency specialty and preference for candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa.
    Sec. 2.  Section 135.176, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  A requirement that the residency program offer persons to whom a residency position is awarded the opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to expose the resident to the rural areas of the state. 
    Sec. 3.  FEDERAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS —— PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN CANDIDATES.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall give priority in awarding federal residency positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33, to applicants who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall also provide persons to whom such a residency position is awarded the opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to expose the resident to rural areas of the state.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that for the medical residency training state matching grants program and for the awarding by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics of federal residency positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, priority shall be given to eligible applicants who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. The bill also requires that persons who are awarded either of these types of medical residency positions shall be provided the opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to expose the resident to rural areas of the state.