House File 2432 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a rural community dentist loan repayment
2 program and fund.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 261.23A RURAL COMMUNITY DENTIST
1 2 LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM == FUND.
1 3 1. A rural community dentist loan repayment program is
1 4 established to be administered by the college student aid
1 5 commission for dentists who agree to practice in an eligible
1 6 rural community in this state.
1 7 2. A dentist who graduated from the university of Iowa
1 8 college of dentistry shall be eligible for the rural community
1 9 dentist loan repayment program if the dentist agrees to
1 10 practice in an eligible rural community in this state. The
1 11 university of Iowa college of dentistry shall recruit and
1 12 place dentists in rural communities that have agreed to
1 13 provide additional funds for the dentist's loan repayment.
1 14 The contract for the loan repayment shall stipulate the time
1 15 period the dentist shall practice in an eligible rural
1 16 community in this state and shall also stipulate that the
1 17 dentist repay any funds paid on the dentist's loan by the
1 18 commission if the dentist fails to practice in an eligible
1 19 rural community in this state for the required period of time.
1 20 3. For purposes of this subsection, "eligible rural
1 21 community" means a rural community in this state underserved
1 22 by dentists that agrees to match state funds provided on at
1 23 least a dollar=for=dollar basis for the loan repayment of a
1 24 dentist who practices in the eligible rural community.
1 25 4. A rural community dentist loan repayment fund is
1 26 created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the
1 27 control of the commission. The fund is created for deposit of
1 28 moneys appropriated to or received by the commission for use
1 29 under the program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance
1 30 in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to
1 31 the general fund of the state but shall remain in the fund for
1 32 additional loan repayment in accordance with this section.
1 33 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
1 34 earnings on moneys in the rural community dentist loan
1 35 repayment fund shall be credited to the fund.
2 1 5. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
2 2 17A to administer this section.
2 3 EXPLANATION
2 4 This bill establishes a rural community dentist loan
2 5 repayment program to be administered by the college student
2 6 aid commission for dentists who graduated from the university
2 7 of Iowa college of dentistry and who agree to serve in
2 8 eligible rural communities for a time agreed to by the dentist
2 9 and the commission. An eligible rural community is a rural
2 10 community underserved by dentists that agrees to match state
2 11 funds provided for the dentist's loans on at least a $1=for=$1
2 12 basis.
2 13 The rural community dentist loan repayment fund is created
2 14 in the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of
2 15 the commission. The fund is created for deposit of moneys
2 16 appropriated to or received by the commission for use under
2 17 the program. Moneys in the fund do not revert to the general
2 18 fund but remain in the fund for additional rural community
2 19 dentist loan repayment. Interest or earnings on moneys in the
2 20 fund are credited to the fund.
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