House
File
379
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
379
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
12)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
medical
residency
and
fellowship
positions,
1
and
certain
medical
residency
and
fellowship
position
2
applicants.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
MEDICAL
RESIDENCY
POSITIONS
AND
AUDITION
1
CLINICALS
——
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
neurology,
or
primary
care,
or
an
available
cardiology
8
fellowship
position
to
any
applicant
who
has
a
fellowship
9
specialty
in
cardiology,
and
who
also
is
a
resident
of
Iowa,
10
attended
and
earned
an
undergraduate
degree
from
an
Iowa
11
college
or
university,
or
attended
and
earned
a
medical
degree
12
from
a
medical
school
in
Iowa.
13
2.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
shall
14
submit
a
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
15
January
15,
annually,
regarding
the
interviews
as
specified
16
in
this
section
during
the
prior
fiscal
year.
Specifically,
17
the
report
shall
include
for
each
interview
the
name
of
the
18
applicant’s
medical
school,
whether
an
applicant
was
offered
19
and
participated
in
an
interview,
whether
the
applicant
was
20
accepted
for
one
of
the
residency
or
fellowship
positions,
21
and
the
total
number
of
available
residency
and
fellowship
22
positions
filled
by
an
applicant
meeting
the
criteria
under
23
this
section.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
the
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
28
clinics
(UIHC)
to
offer
an
interview
for
an
available
medical
29
residency
position
to
any
applicant
who
has
a
residency
30
specialty
in
obstetrics
and
gynecology,
psychiatry,
general
31
surgery,
neurology,
or
primary
care,
or
an
available
cardiology
32
fellowship
position
to
any
applicant
who
has
a
fellowship
33
specialty
in
cardiology,
and
who
is
also
a
resident
of
Iowa,
34
attended
and
earned
an
undergraduate
degree
from
an
Iowa
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college
or
university,
or
attended
and
earned
a
medical
degree
1
from
a
medical
school
in
Iowa.
2
The
UIHC
shall
annually
submit
a
report
to
the
governor
3
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
15
containing
information
4
regarding
the
interviews
as
detailed
in
the
bill.
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