S-3100

   Amend House File 516, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 9 and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 262.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  39.  a.  Adopt a policy requiring that not less than eighty percent of the students who are accepted at the college of medicine in the doctor of medicine program, and who are accepted at the college of dentistry at the state university of Iowa or persons who were, prior to applying to such college, enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution as defined in section 261E.2. The policy shall require that admission remains based on merit and that admission standards are not lowered.
   b.  The state board of regents shall not impose a penalty for an institution’s failure to comply with the adopted policy.
   c.  This subsection shall not create a private cause of action against the state board of regents, the state university of Iowa, or the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics for failure to comply with this subsection.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SARAH TRONE GARRIOTT