Text: HF00409 Text: HF00411 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 410 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE STUDENT 1 5 AID COMMISSION AND ESTABLISHING AN OSTEOPATHIC 1 6 PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 261.19, Code 1997, is amended by 1 11 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 12 following: 1 13 261.19 OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. 1 14 1. A physician recruitment program is established, to be 1 15 administered by the college student aid commission, for the 1 16 university of osteopathic medicine and health sciences of Des 1 17 Moines, Iowa. The program shall consist of a forgivable loan 1 18 program and a tuition scholarship program for students and a 1 19 loan repayment program for physicians. The commission shall 1 20 regularly adjust the physician service requirement under each 1 21 aspect of the program to provide, to the extent possible, an 1 22 equal financial benefit for each period of service required. 1 23 From funds appropriated for purposes of the program by the 1 24 general assembly, the commission shall pay a fee to the 1 25 university of osteopathic medicine and health sciences for the 1 26 administration of the program. A portion of the fee shall be 1 27 paid by the commission to the university based upon the number 1 28 of physicians recruited under subsection 4. 1 29 2. A forgivable loan may be awarded to a resident of Iowa 1 30 who is enrolled at the university of osteopathic medicine and 1 31 health sciences if the student agrees to practice in this 1 32 state for a period of time to be determined by the commission 1 33 at the time the loan is awarded. Forgivable loans to eligible 1 34 students shall not become due and interest on the loan shall 1 35 not accrue until after the student completes a residency 2 1 program. If the student completes the period of practice 2 2 established by the commission and agreed to by the student, 2 3 the loan amount shall be forgiven. The loan amount shall not 2 4 be forgiven if the osteopathic physician fails to complete the 2 5 required time period of practice in this state or fails to 2 6 satisfactorily continue in the university's program of medical 2 7 education. 2 8 3. A student enrolled at the university of osteopathic 2 9 medicine and health sciences shall be eligible for a tuition 2 10 scholarship for the student's study at the university. The 2 11 scholarship shall be for an amount not to exceed the annual 2 12 tuition at the university. A student who receives a tuition 2 13 scholarship shall not be eligible for the loan repayment 2 14 program provided for by this section. A student who receives 2 15 a tuition scholarship shall agree to practice in an eligible 2 16 rural community in this state for a period of time to be 2 17 determined by the commission at the time the scholarship is 2 18 awarded. The student shall repay the scholarship to the 2 19 commission if the student fails to practice in a medically 2 20 underserved rural community in this state for the required 2 21 period of time. 2 22 4. A physician shall be eligible for the physician loan 2 23 repayment program if the physician agrees to practice in an 2 24 eligible rural community in this state. The university of 2 25 osteopathic medicine and health sciences shall recruit and 2 26 place physicians in rural communities which have agreed to 2 27 provide additional funds for the physician's loan repayment. 2 28 The contract for the loan repayment shall stipulate the time 2 29 period the physician shall practice in an eligible rural 2 30 community in this state. In addition, the contract shall 2 31 stipulate that the physician repay any funds paid on the 2 32 physician's loan by the commission if the physician fails to 2 33 practice in an eligible rural community in this state for the 2 34 required period of time. For purposes of this subsection, 2 35 "eligible rural community" means a medically underserved rural 3 1 community which agrees to match state funds provided on at 3 2 least a dollar-for-dollar basis for the loan repayment of a 3 3 physician who practices in the community. 3 4 5. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 3 5 17A to administer this section. 3 6 Sec. 2. Sections 261.18 and 261.19A, Code 1997, are 3 7 repealed. 3 8 3 9 3 10 3 11 RON J. CORBETT 3 12 Speaker of the House 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 MARY E. KRAMER 3 17 President of the Senate 3 18 3 19 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 20 is known as House File 410, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 24 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 3 25 Chief Clerk of the House 3 26 Approved , 1997 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 31 Governor
Text: HF00409 Text: HF00411 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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