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1 1 Section 1. Section 135.107, subsection 3, paragraph a,
1 2 Code 1997, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
1 3 paragraph:
1 4 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. One hundred thousand dollars is
1 5 appropriated annually to the Iowa department of public health
1 6 from the general fund of the state for an expanded community
1 7 health enhancement program to fund projects demonstrating a
1 8 high degree of innovation or need in achieving a major
1 9 expansion of a region's primary care network or capacity.
1 10 Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), funds received
1 11 pursuant to this paragraph shall be unrestricted in amount,
1 12 but shall not be awarded to a community with a population of
1 13 greater than ten thousand located within a region. Projects
1 14 for which grants may be awarded include, but are not limited
1 15 to, renovations of hospitals and clinics, the purchase of
1 16 major medical equipment, expansion of a provider network, or
1 17 the provision or expansion of medical services. Grants for
1 18 this enhancement program shall not be awarded in the same
1 19 fiscal year to a community or region which is receiving a
1 20 primary care recruitment and retention endeavor community
1 21 grant award pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) for that
1 22 fiscal year.
1 23 Sec. 2. CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE. There
1 24 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
1 25 department of public health for the center for rural health
1 26 and primary care for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
1 27 and ending June 30, 1998, the following amount, or so much
1 28 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
1 29 designated:
1 30 For the primary care recruitment and retention endeavor:
1 31 .................................................. $ 265,000
1 32 Funds appropriated in this section shall expand the
1 33 existing community grant fund and the primary care loan
1 34 repayment and community scholarship program to the governor's
1 35 designated shortage areas and rural federally designated,
2 1 medically underserved areas, as established in section
2 2 135.107. Funds appropriated in this section for an expanded
2 3 community health enhancement program, when added to any other
2 4 appropriation by the general assembly, shall not exceed a
2 5 combined total of $100,000.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This bill makes an appropriation of $265,000 for the fiscal
2 8 year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, to the
2 9 Iowa department of public health for the center for rural
2 10 health and primary care. The funds are to be utilized to
2 11 expand the community grant fund and the primary care loan
2 12 repayment and community scholarship program to designated
2 13 shortage and medically underserved areas, established in Code
2 14 section 135.107. Of this amount, a standing appropriation of
2 15 $100,000 shall be allocated to expand the community health
2 16 enhancement project to fund projects demonstrating a high
2 17 degree of innovation or need in a major expansion of a
2 18 region's primary care network or capacity.
2 19 LSB 1563SS 77
2 20 rn/sc/14
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