HF 2157 (LSB 5470HV (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2157

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 532)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a state-funded psychiatric residency program at the state mental health institutes and the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale, creating a program fund, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.180  State-funded psychiatric residency program —— fund —— appropriations.
   1.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall administer a state-funded psychiatric residency program in cooperation with the state mental health institutes at Independence and Cherokee and the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall expand the psychiatric residency program to provide additional residency positions by providing financial support for residency positions which are in excess of the federal residency cap established by the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33. Participating residents shall complete the majority of their psychiatric training at one of the state mental health institutes or the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale.
   2.  The residency program shall provide for the awarding of twelve residency positions for each class of residents. Preference in the awarding of residency positions shall be given to candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa.
   3.  A psychiatric residency program fund is created in the state treasury consisting of the moneys appropriated or credited to the fund by law. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the psychiatric residency program fund for use in subsequent fiscal years. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to be used for the purposes of the program. For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the psychiatric residency program fund the following amounts to be used for the purposes of the program:
   a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, one million two hundred thousand dollars.
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, two million four hundred thousand dollars.
   c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, three million six hundred thousand dollars.
   d.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, four million eight hundred thousand dollars.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC) to administer a state-funded psychiatric residency program in cooperation with the state mental health institutes at Independence and Cherokee and the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. The UIHC shall expand the psychiatric residency program to provide additional residency positions in excess of those approved under the federal residency cap. Participating residents shall complete the majority of their psychiatric training at one of the state mental health institutes or the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. The program shall award 12 residency positions for each class of residents and preference in the awarding of residency positions shall be given to candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa.
   The bill creates a psychiatric residency program fund in the state treasury consisting of the moneys appropriated or credited to the fund by law. Moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain in the fund for use in subsequent fiscal years. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to be used for the purposes of the program. The bill makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, and thereafter.