House File 516 H-1051 Amend House File 516 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, after line 9 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 263.6 Residency and fellowship 3 positions —— priority for certain candidates —— rural rotations. 4 The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall give 5 priority in awarding federal residency positions as established 6 under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 7 105-33, and fellowships to applicants who are residents of 8 Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an 9 Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical 10 degree from a medical school in Iowa. The university of Iowa 11 hospitals and clinics shall also provide the opportunity to 12 participate in a rural rotation to persons to whom a primary 13 care residency or fellowship position, including such positions 14 in psychiatry, is awarded in order to expose the resident or 15 fellow to rural areas of the state. 16 Sec. ___. MEDICAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS —— APPLICANTS MEETING 17 CERTAIN CRITERIA —— ANNUAL REPORT. 18 1. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall offer 19 an interview for an available medical residency position to 20 any applicant who has a residency specialty in obstetrics and 21 gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, emergency medicine, 22 neurology, or primary care, or an available cardiology 23 fellowship position to any applicant who has a fellowship 24 specialty in cardiology, and who also is a resident of Iowa, 25 attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa 26 college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree 27 from a medical school in Iowa. 28 2. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall 29 submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by 30 January 15, annually, regarding the interviews as specified 31 in this section during the prior fiscal year. Specifically, 32 the report shall include for each interview the name of the 33 applicant’s medical school, whether an applicant was offered 34 and participated in an interview, whether the applicant was 35 -1- HF 516.764 (1) 91 lh/ko 1/ 2 #1.
accepted for one of the residency or fellowship positions, 1 and the total number of available residency and fellowship 2 positions filled by an applicant meeting the criteria under 3 this section. > 4 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and inserting 5 < An Act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, 6 including priority for admission to the university of Iowa’s 7 colleges of medicine and dentistry, and hospitals and clinics. > 8 3. By renumbering as necessary. 9 ______________________________ A. MEYER of Webster -2- HF 516.764 (1) 91 lh/ko 2/ 2 #2. #3.