House File 2371 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON, RASMUSSEN,
                                           HUSEMAN, and ANDERSON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to providing psychiatric residency positions at
  2    the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics and providing an
  3    appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5087HH 82
  6 pf/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
  1  2 HOSPITALS == APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the
  1  3 general fund of the state to the state board of regents for
  1  4 distribution to the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics
  1  5 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
  1  6 30, 2009, the following amount or so much thereof as is
  1  7 necessary for the purpose designated:
  1  8    For a minimum of 14 additional psychiatric residency
  1  9 positions:
  1 10 .................................................. $  1,400,000
  1 11    A person filling a psychiatric residency position funded
  1 12 under this section shall practice in the state for a minimum
  1 13 of four years following completion of the residency program.
  1 14 Requirements for four of the residency positions funded under
  1 15 this section shall provide that the person filling the
  1 16 position practice at one of the state's mental health
  1 17 institutes for a period of four years following completion of
  1 18 the residency program.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill provides an appropriation of $1.4 million to the
  1 21 state board of regents for distribution to the university of
  1 22 Iowa hospitals and clinics for fiscal year 2008=2009 for a
  1 23 minimum of 14 additional psychiatric residency positions.  The
  1 24 bill requires that a person filling one of the psychiatric
  1 25 residency positions funded under the bill practice in the
  1 26 state for a minimum of four years following completion of the
  1 27 residency program.  Requirements for four of the residency
  1 28 positions funded under the bill include that the person
  1 29 filling the position practice at one of the state's mental
  1 30 health institutes for a period of four years following
  1 31 completion of the residency program.
  1 32 LSB 5087HH 82
  1 33 pf/nh/8