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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.
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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
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