HF 379 (LSB 1694HV (2) 91)

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, and certain medical residency and fellowship position applicants.
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, neurology, or primary care, or an available cardiology fellowship position to any applicant who has a fellowship specialty in cardiology, 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 submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by January 15, annually, regarding the interviews as specified in this section during the prior fiscal year. Specifically, the report shall include for each interview the name of the applicant’s medical school, whether an applicant was offered and participated in an interview, whether the applicant was accepted for one of the residency or fellowship positions, and the total number of available residency and fellowship 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, neurology, or primary care, or an available cardiology fellowship position to any applicant who has a fellowship specialty in cardiology, 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 UIHC shall annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by January 15 containing information regarding the interviews as detailed in the bill.