Senate File 58 - Introduced SENATE FILE 58 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to area health education centers, creating 1 an area health education centers fund, and providing an 2 appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1821XS (3) 84 pf/nh
S.F. 58 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135.179 Area health education 1 centers fund. 2 An area health education centers fund is created in the 3 state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the 4 department. The department may receive appropriations, 5 contributions, grants, and in-kind contributions to support 6 the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be separate from the 7 general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of 8 the general fund of the state. The moneys in the fund shall 9 not be considered revenue of the state, but rather shall be 10 moneys of the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated 11 to the department to be distributed to academic institutions 12 that coordinate area health education centers to recruit and 13 retain health care providers in underserved areas of the state. 14 The funds distributed shall be used to provide the nonfederal 15 funding match requirement for receipt of federal grants for 16 area health education centers from the federal health resources 17 and services administration of the United States department 18 of health and human services. The moneys in the fund are not 19 subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, 20 obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to 21 provide for the purposes of this section. Notwithstanding 22 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys 23 deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 24 Sec. 2. AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS —— 25 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general 26 fund of the state for deposit in the area health education 27 centers fund created in section 135.179 pursuant to this Act, 28 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 29 2012, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 30 for the purposes specified for the fund: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 32 Sec. 3. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor shall create 33 a new division in chapter 135 codifying section 135.179, as 34 enacted in this Act, as the area health education centers fund. 35 -1- LSB 1821XS (3) 84 pf/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 58 EXPLANATION 1 This bill relates to area health education centers (AHECs). 2 The bill creates an area health education centers fund in 3 the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of 4 the department of public health. The moneys in the fund are 5 appropriated to the department to be distributed to academic 6 institutions that coordinate AHECs that recruit and retain 7 health care providers in underserved areas of the state. The 8 funds distributed are to be used to provide the nonfederal 9 funding match requirement for receipt of federal grants 10 for AHECs from the federal health resources and services 11 administration of the United States department of health and 12 human services. 13 The bill also makes an appropriation of $1 million from 14 the general fund of the state for deposit in the area health 15 education centers fund to be used for the purposes of the fund. 16 In Iowa, currently two educational institutions are 17 coordinating AHEC efforts. Des Moines university is working 18 with 62 counties, predominantly north of Interstate 80, with 19 regional offices in Waterloo, Des Moines, and Mason City, with 20 another anticipated in Carroll. The university of Iowa is 21 working with 33 counties in southern Iowa with offices located 22 in Ottumwa, Leon, and Davenport. 23 -2- LSB 1821XS (3) 84 pf/nh 2/ 2