House File 147 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 147 BY A. MEYER A BILL FOR An Act requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics 1 to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding 2 certain residencies and fellowships and to include rural 3 rotations in certain residencies and fellowships. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1693YH (4) 91 je/jh

H.F. 147 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 263.6 Residency and fellowship 1 positions —— priority for certain candidates —— rural rotations. 2 The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall give 3 priority in awarding federal residency positions as established 4 under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 5 105-33, and fellowships to applicants who are residents of 6 Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an 7 Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical 8 degree from a medical school in Iowa. The university of Iowa 9 hospitals and clinics shall also provide the opportunity to 10 participate in a rural rotation to persons to whom a primary 11 care residency or fellowship position, including such positions 12 in psychiatry, is awarded in order to expose the resident or 13 fellow to rural areas of the state. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires the university of Iowa hospitals and 18 clinics to give priority in awarding federal residency 19 positions as established under the federal Balanced Budget 20 Act of 1997 and fellowships to applicants who are residents 21 of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an 22 Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical 23 degree from a medical school in Iowa. The bill also requires 24 the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to provide the 25 opportunity to participate in a rural rotation to persons to 26 whom a primary care residency or fellowship position, including 27 such positions in psychiatry, is awarded in order to expose the 28 resident or fellow to rural areas of Iowa. 29 -1- LSB 1693YH (4) 91 je/jh 1/ 1