SF 2170 (LSB 6055XS (2) 83)

SENATE FILE 2170

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act providing an appropriation for matching funds for area health education centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amount or so much thereof as is necessary for the purpose designated:

   For distribution to existing academic institutions that coordinate area health education centers in the state that recruit and retain health care providers to underserved areas, to provide the nonfederal funding match requirement for receipt of federal grants for area health education centers from the federal health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services:

.................................................. $  1,000,000
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates $1 million from the general fund of the state to the department of public health for FY 2010-2011 for distribution to existing academic institutions that coordinate area health education centers in the state that recruit and retain health care providers to underserved areas, to provide the nonfederal funding match requirement for receipt of federal grants for area health education centers from the federal health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services. In Iowa, currently, two educational institutions are coordinating AHEC efforts. Des Moines university is working with 62 counties, predominantly north of Interstate 80, with regional offices in Waterloo and Des Moines, and two more anticipated in Carroll and Mason City. The university of Iowa is working with 33 counties in southern Iowa with offices located in Ottumwa, Leon, and Davenport.