House File 532 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 532 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 372) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the awarding of medical residency positions 1 in the state. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2398HV (1) 88 pf/rh
H.F. 532 Section 1. Section 135.176, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. Criteria for preference in awarding of the grants, 3 including preference in the residency specialty and preference 4 for candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned 5 an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or 6 attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in 7 Iowa . 8 Sec. 2. Section 135.176, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 9 by adding the following new paragraph: 10 NEW PARAGRAPH . g. A requirement that the residency program 11 offer persons to whom a residency position is awarded the 12 opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to expose the 13 resident to the rural areas of the state. 14 Sec. 3. FEDERAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS —— PREFERENCE FOR 15 CERTAIN CANDIDATES. The university of Iowa hospitals and 16 clinics shall give priority in awarding federal residency 17 positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget Act 18 of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33, to applicants who are residents 19 of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an 20 Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical 21 degree from a medical school in Iowa. The university of Iowa 22 hospitals and clinics shall also provide persons to whom such a 23 residency position is awarded the opportunity to participate in 24 a rural rotation to expose the resident to rural areas of the 25 state. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill provides that for the medical residency training 30 state matching grants program and for the awarding by the 31 university of Iowa hospitals and clinics of federal residency 32 positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget Act 33 of 1997, priority shall be given to eligible applicants who are 34 residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree 35 -1- LSB 2398HV (1) 88 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 532 from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a 1 medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. The bill also 2 requires that persons who are awarded either of these types of 3 medical residency positions shall be provided the opportunity 4 to participate in a rural rotation to expose the resident to 5 rural areas of the state. 6 -2- LSB 2398HV (1) 88 pf/rh 2/ 2