House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
5
BY
BOSSMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
expanding
the
health
care
professional
recruitment
1
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
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Section
1.
Section
261.115,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2021,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
health
care
professional
recruitment
program
is
3
established
to
be
administered
by
the
college
student
aid
4
commission
for
Des
Moines
university
——
osteopathic
medical
5
center
students
who
graduate
from
an
academic
program
at
an
6
eligible
institution
that
leads
to
licensure
as
a
health
care
7
professional
.
The
program
shall
consist
of
a
loan
repayment
8
program
for
health
care
professionals.
The
commission
shall
9
regularly
adjust
the
service
requirement
under
each
aspect
10
of
the
program
to
provide,
to
the
extent
possible,
an
equal
11
financial
benefit
for
each
period
of
service
required.
12
2.
A
health
care
professional
shall
be
eligible
for
the
13
loan
repayment
program
if
the
health
care
professional
agrees
14
to
practice
in
an
eligible
rural
community
in
this
state.
15
Des
Moines
university
——
osteopathic
medical
center
Eligible
16
institutions
offering
academic
programs
that
lead
to
licensure
17
as
a
health
care
professional
shall
recruit
and
place
health
18
care
professionals
in
rural
communities
which
have
agreed
to
19
provide
additional
funds
for
the
recipient’s
loan
repayment.
20
The
contract
for
the
loan
repayment
shall
stipulate
the
time
21
period
the
recipient
shall
practice
in
an
eligible
rural
22
community
in
this
state.
In
addition,
the
contract
shall
23
stipulate
that
the
recipient
repay
any
funds
paid
on
the
24
recipient’s
loan
by
the
commission
if
the
recipient
fails
to
25
practice
in
an
eligible
rural
community
in
this
state
for
the
26
required
period
of
time.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
261.115,
subsection
5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
28
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
29
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0a.
“Eligible
institution”
means
an
30
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
31
regents
or
an
accredited
private
institution
as
defined
in
32
section
261.9.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
expands
the
health
care
professional
recruitment
2
program
to
include
health
professionals
who
graduate
from
3
and
are
recruited
by
eligible
institutions
to
practice
in
an
4
eligible
rural
community
in
this
state
that
matches
state
5
funds
for
educational
loan
repayment
for
the
health
care
6
professional.
7
Currently,
only
health
care
professionals
who
graduate
8
from
Des
Moines
university
——
osteopathic
medical
center
are
9
eligible
for
the
program.
The
bill
adds
that
the
health
care
10
professionals
must
have
graduated
from
an
academic
program
that
11
leads
to
licensure.
“Eligible
institution”
is
defined
in
the
12
bill
as
a
regents
university
or
accredited
private
institution.
13
“Health
care
professional”
is
defined
in
statute
to
mean
14
a
physician,
physician
assistant,
podiatrist,
or
physical
15
therapist.
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