House File 487 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 487 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 270) A BILL FOR An Act relating to medical residency positions and audition 1 rotations for medical students and medical residency 2 position applicants meeting certain criteria. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2214HV (3) 89 pf/rh
H.F. 487 Section 1. MEDICAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS AND AUDITION 1 ROTATIONS —— MEDICAL STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS MEETING CERTAIN 2 CRITERIA —— ANNUAL REPORT. 3 1. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall offer 4 an interview for an available medical residency position to 5 any applicant who has a residency specialty in obstetrics and 6 gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, emergency medicine, 7 cardiology, neurology, or primary care and who also is a 8 resident of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree 9 from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a 10 medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. 11 2. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall 12 provide the opportunity to medical students attending a medical 13 school in Iowa to participate in audition rotations to allow 14 the university to constructively review the students in a 15 clinical setting. 16 3. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall 17 submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by 18 January 15, annually, regarding the audition rotations and 19 interviews as specified in this section during the prior 20 fiscal year. Specifically, the report shall include for each 21 audition rotation or interview the name of the student’s or 22 applicant’s medical school, whether the student was offered and 23 participated in an audition rotation, whether an applicant was 24 offered and participated in an interview, whether the applicant 25 was accepted for one of the residency program positions, and 26 the total number of available residency positions filled by an 27 applicant meeting the criteria under this section. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill requires the university of Iowa hospitals and 32 clinics (UIHC) to offer an interview for an available medical 33 residency position to any applicant who has a specified 34 residency specialty and who also is a resident of Iowa, 35 -1- LSB 2214HV (3) 89 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 487 attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa 1 college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree 2 from a medical school in Iowa. 3 The bill also requires the UIHC to provide the opportunity 4 to medical students attending a medical school in Iowa to 5 participate in audition rotations to allow the university to 6 constructively review the students in clinical settings. 7 The UIHC shall submit a report to the governor and the 8 general assembly by January 15, annually, regarding the 9 audition rotations and interviews specified in the bill, 10 including for each audition rotation or interview the name 11 of the student’s or applicant’s medical school, whether the 12 student was offered and participated in an audition rotation, 13 whether an applicant was offered and participated in an 14 interview, whether the applicant was accepted for one of the 15 residency program positions, and the total number of available 16 residency positions filled by an applicant meeting the criteria 17 of the bill. 18 -2- LSB 2214HV (3) 89 pf/rh 2/ 2