House
File
532
-
Enrolled
House
File
532
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PHYSICIAN
WORKFORCE
IN
THE
STATE
INCLUDING
THE
AWARDING
OF
MEDICAL
RESIDENCY
POSITIONS
IN
THE
STATE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
135.176,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
Criteria
for
preference
in
awarding
of
the
grants,
including
preference
in
the
residency
specialty
and
preference
for
candidates
who
are
residents
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
.
Sec.
2.
Section
135.176,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
A
requirement
that
the
residency
program
offer
persons
to
whom
a
primary
care,
including
psychiatry,
residency
position
is
awarded,
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
rural
rotation
to
expose
the
resident
to
the
rural
areas
of
the
state.
Sec.
3.
FEDERAL
RESIDENCY
POSITIONS
——
PREFERENCE
FOR
CERTAIN
CANDIDATES
——
FOURTH
YEAR
ELECTIVES.
1.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
shall
give
priority
in
awarding
federal
residency
positions
as
established
under
the
federal
Balanced
Budget
Act
of
1997,
Pub.
L.
No.
105-33,
to
applicants
who
are
residents
of
Iowa,
attended
and
earned
an
undergraduate
degree
from
an
Iowa
college
or
House
File
532,
p.
2
university,
or
attended
and
earned
a
medical
degree
from
a
medical
school
in
Iowa.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
shall
also
provide
persons
to
whom
a
primary
care,
including
psychiatry,
residency
position
is
awarded,
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
rural
rotation
to
expose
the
resident
to
rural
areas
of
the
state.
2.
The
university
of
Iowa
carver
college
of
medicine
shall
review
the
feasibility
of
offering
additional
fourth-year
electives
to
students
attending
Des
Moines
university.
Sec.
4.
PHYSICIAN
WORKFORCE
STUDY.
The
university
of
Iowa
carver
college
of
medicine
shall
conduct
a
study
regarding
the
state’s
workforce
challenges
related
to
the
recruitment
and
retention
of
primary
and
specialty
care
physicians.
The
study
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
an
examination
of
current
physician
workforce
data,
the
identification
of
projected
physician
workforce
shortages
by
region
of
the
state,
and
an
analysis
of
the
availability
of
residency
positions,
and
shall
specifically
emphasize
the
recruitment
and
retention
of
physicians
in
rural
Iowa.
The
university
of
Iowa
carver
college
of
medicine
shall
submit
a
report
of
the
findings
of
the
study
and
policy
recommendations
to
address
physician
workforce
needs
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
15,
2020.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
532,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor