HF 12 (LSB 1694YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 12

BY  A. MEYER and COLLINS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  MEDICAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS AND AUDITION CLINICALS —— MEDICAL STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA —— ANNUAL REPORT.
   1.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall offer an interview for an available medical residency position to any applicant who has a residency specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, emergency medicine, cardiology, neurology, or primary care and who also is a resident 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. 
   2.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall provide the opportunity to a medical student attending a medical school in Iowa to participate in an audition clinical in the medical residency specialty for which the medical student applies to allow the university to constructively review the student in a clinical setting.
   3.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by January 15, annually, regarding the audition clinicals and interviews as specified in this section during the prior fiscal year. Specifically, the report shall include for each audition clinical or interview the name of the student’s or applicant’s medical school, whether the student was offered and participated in an audition clinical, whether an applicant was offered and participated in an interview, whether the applicant was accepted for one of the residency program positions, and the total number of available residency positions filled by an applicant meeting the criteria under this section.
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 offer an interview for an available medical residency position to any applicant who has a residency specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, cardiology, neurology, or primary care, and who is also a resident 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 requires the UIHC to provide an opportunity for a student attending a medical school in Iowa to participate in an audition clinical in the medical residency specialty the student applies for.
   The UIHC shall submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly by January 15 containing information regarding the audition clinicals and interviews as detailed in the bill.