House File 852 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 852 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 763) (SUCCESSOR TO HF 436) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 12, 2021 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the payment of resident physician medical 1 liability insurance premiums for accredited graduate medical 2 education programs. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 852 (2) 89 cm/jh/md
H.F. 852 Section 1. Section 135.176, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. For the period beginning July 1, 2021, 3 and ending June 30, 2026, the payment by the sponsor of medical 4 residency program liability costs subject to provision by the 5 sponsor of dollar-for-dollar matching funds used for payment 6 of such costs. This paragraph shall not apply to medical 7 residency programs to which chapter 669 applies. 8 Sec. 2. Section 135.176, subsection 2, paragraphs e and f, 9 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 10 e. The maximum award of grant funds to a particular 11 individual sponsor per year. An individual sponsor that 12 establishes a new or alternative campus accredited medical 13 residency training program as defined in subsection 1, 14 paragraph “a” , shall not receive more than fifty percent 15 of the state matching funds available each year to support 16 the program. An individual sponsor proposing the provision 17 of a new residency position within an existing accredited 18 medical residency or fellowship training program as specified 19 in subsection 1, paragraph “b” , or the funding of residency 20 positions which are in excess of the federal residency cap as 21 defined in subsection 1, paragraph “c” , or the funding of the 22 payment by the sponsor of medical residency program liability 23 costs subject to provision by the sponsor of dollar-for-dollar 24 matching funds used for payment of such costs as specified 25 in subsection 1, paragraph “d” , shall not receive more than 26 twenty-five percent of the state matching funds available each 27 year to support the program. 28 f. Use of the funds awarded. Funds may be used to pay the 29 costs of establishing, expanding, or supporting an accredited 30 graduate medical education program as specified in this 31 section , including but not limited to the costs associated 32 with residency stipends and physician faculty stipends. For 33 the period beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2026, 34 use of the funds awarded may include payment by the sponsor of 35 -1- HF 852 (2) 89 cm/jh/md 1/ 2
H.F. 852 medical residency program liability costs in accordance with 1 subsection 1, paragraph “d” , and subject to provision by the 2 sponsor of dollar-for-dollar matching funds used for payment 3 of such costs. 4 -2- HF 852 (2) 89 cm/jh/md 2/ 2