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1 1 Section 1. Section 261.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. Deny, revoke, or suspend, at the
1 4 discretion of the commission, any license authorized by the
1 5 laws of this state, as defined in section 252J.1, to any
1 6 person who has defaulted on an obligation owed to or collected
1 7 by the commission, in accordance with section 421.17,
1 8 subsection 34, paragraph "e". The commission shall develop,
1 9 in cooperation with state licensing authorities, as defined in
1 10 section 252J.1, policies and procedures governing the denial,
1 11 revocation, or suspension of the license of a person who has
1 12 defaulted on an obligation owed to or collected by the
1 13 commission. The policies and procedures shall include due
1 14 process safeguards.
1 15 Sec. 2. Section 261.19, Code 1997, is amended by striking
1 16 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 17 261.19 OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.
1 18 1. A physician recruitment program is established, to be
1 19 administered by the college student aid commission, for the
1 20 university of osteopathic medicine and health sciences. The
1 21 purpose of the program is to provide incentives for physicians
1 22 to locate and practice in this state. The program shall
1 23 consist of a forgivable loan program and a tuition scholarship
1 24 program for students who are residents of this state and who
1 25 are enrolled at the university and, for physicians who agree
1 26 to practice in this state, a loan repayment program. The
1 27 commission shall regularly adjust the physician service
1 28 requirement under each aspect of the program to provide, to
1 29 the extent possible, an equal financial benefit for each
1 30 period of service required. From funds appropriated for
1 31 purposes of the program by the general assembly, the
1 32 commission shall pay a fee to the university for the
1 33 administration of subsections 3 and 4. Fifty percent of the
1 34 fee shall be paid by the commission to the university in
1 35 quarterly payments and the remainder of the fee shall be
2 1 variable and shall be paid by the commission to the university
2 2 based upon the number of physicians recruited under
2 3 subsections 3 and 4, but shall not exceed fifty percent of the
2 4 fee.
2 5 2. a. A student enrolled at the university of osteopathic
2 6 medicine and health sciences shall be eligible for loan
2 7 forgiveness under the forgivable loan program if the student
2 8 is a resident of this state and if the student does the
2 9 following:
2 10 (1) Graduates from the university of osteopathic medicine
2 11 and health sciences.
2 12 (2) Successfully completes a residency program.
2 13 (3) Practices in this state.
2 14 (4) Receives a loan from moneys appropriated to the
2 15 commission for this program.
2 16 b. A student who receives a forgivable loan shall agree to
2 17 practice in this state for a period of time to be determined
2 18 by the commission at the time the loan is awarded. If the
2 19 student completes the time period established by the
2 20 commission and agreed to by the student, the loan amount shall
2 21 be forgiven. Forgivable loans to eligible students shall not
2 22 become due and interest on the loan shall not accrue until
2 23 after the student completes a residency program, but fails to
2 24 complete the required time period of practice in this state,
2 25 or fails to satisfactorily continue in the university's
2 26 program of medical education.
2 27 3. A student enrolled at the university of osteopathic
2 28 medicine and health sciences who is a resident of this state
2 29 shall be eligible for a tuition scholarship for both the third
2 30 and fourth years of the student's study at the university.
2 31 The scholarship shall be for an amount not to exceed the
2 32 annual tuition at the university. A student who receives a
2 33 tuition scholarship shall not be eligible for the loan
2 34 repayment program provided for by this section. A student who
2 35 receives a tuition scholarship shall agree to practice in an
3 1 eligible rural community in this state for a period of time to
3 2 be determined by the commission at the time the scholarship is
3 3 awarded. The student shall repay the scholarship to the
3 4 commission if the student fails to practice in an eligible
3 5 rural community in this state for the required period of time.
3 6 4. A physician who graduated from the university of
3 7 osteopathic medicine and health sciences and received a loan
3 8 from moneys appropriated to the commission for purposes of
3 9 this section shall be eligible for the physician loan
3 10 repayment program if the physician agrees to practice in an
3 11 eligible rural community in this state. The university of
3 12 osteopathic medicine and health sciences shall recruit and
3 13 place physicians in rural communities which have agreed to
3 14 provide additional funds for the physician's loan repayment.
3 15 The contract for the loan repayment shall stipulate the time
3 16 period the physician shall practice in an eligible rural
3 17 community in this state, and that the physician repay any
3 18 funds paid on the physician's loan by the commission if the
3 19 physician fails to practice in an eligible rural community in
3 20 this state for the required period of time.
3 21 Sec. 3. REPEAL. Sections 261.18 and 261.19A, Code 1997,
3 22 are repealed.
3 23 EXPLANATION
3 24 This bill permits the college student aid commission to
3 25 deny, revoke, or suspend any license authorized by the laws of
3 26 this state to any person who has defaulted on an obligation
3 27 owed to or collected by the commission. The bill also
3 28 replaces the osteopathic grant program, the osteopathic
3 29 subvention program, and the osteopathic forgivable loan
3 30 program with a program titled the osteopathic physician
3 31 recruitment program.
3 32 The osteopathic physician recruitment program provides for
3 33 a forgivable loan program, a tuition scholarship program, and
3 34 a physician loan repayment program for residents of Iowa
3 35 enrolled at the university of osteopathic medicine and health
4 1 sciences.
4 2 As provided in the current osteopathic forgivable loan
4 3 program, the bill provides that a student enrolled at the
4 4 university of osteopathic medicine is eligible for loan
4 5 forgiveness if the student is a resident of the state of Iowa
4 6 and if the student graduates from the university, successfully
4 7 completes a residency program, practices in this state, and
4 8 receives a loan from the commission under this program.
4 9 Loans are not forgiven if a student does not finish the
4 10 medical program or fails to complete the agreed upon time
4 11 period of practice in the state.
4 12 Under the tuition scholarship program, a student enrolled
4 13 at the university who is a resident of Iowa is eligible for a
4 14 tuition scholarship for both the third and fourth years of the
4 15 student's study at the university. A student who receives a
4 16 tuition scholarship is not eligible for the loan repayment
4 17 program. The student who receives a tuition scholarship must
4 18 agree to practice in this state for a period of time to be
4 19 determined by the commission at the time the scholarship is
4 20 awarded.
4 21 Under the physician loan repayment program, physicians who
4 22 graduated from the university of osteopathic medicine and
4 23 health sciences, who received a loan from moneys appropriated
4 24 to the commission for purposes of the osteopathic physician
4 25 recruitment program, and who agree to practice in a rural
4 26 community in the state are eligible for loan repayment under
4 27 the program. The university is directed to recruit and place
4 28 physicians in rural communities which have agreed to provide
4 29 additional funds for the physician's loan repayment.
4 30 Students who received a tuition scholarship, or physicians
4 31 for whom loan repayments were made, and who fail to complete
4 32 the agreed upon time period of practice in a rural community
4 33 in the state, are required under the bill to repay the
4 34 commission for moneys received under the tuition scholarship
4 35 program or physician loan repayment program.
5 1 Under the bill, the commission pays a fee to the university
5 2 for the university's administration of the tuition scholarship
5 3 program and the physician loan repayment program.
5 4 LSB 1208DP 77
5 5 kh/sc/14
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